Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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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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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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