The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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