Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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 man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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