Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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