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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

Samuel Johnson

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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Associate Greatness Local Man Position
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Evil Man Misery Repeat
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Evidence One Liner Power Truth
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Happiness heavy Life Money Mortal Time
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Effort Happiness Reading Writing
Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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Art Himself Person Photograph Work
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Deep Hesitation Myself Sharp Silence Weapon Word Yourself
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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Forgive Man Necessary Pain True Value Wisdom
It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Better Choice Death Live Rich
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Knowledge Wisdom
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Goodness Greatness Himself Wait
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Fools Himself Influence Power Worry
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

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