A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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