Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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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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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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