There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Truth allows no choice.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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