It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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