It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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