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

Samuel Johnson

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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Fashion Opinion Reason
The future is purchased by the present.
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Deep Future One Liner Present Time
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Argument Myself Understand Yourself
Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Courage Hope Inspirational One Liner
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Curiosity Generosity Greatness Mindset
A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Argument Reason Remove
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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Difficult Gratitude Happiness Success
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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Coward Defense Revenge
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
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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Crime Evil Himself Ignorance Learning Proper
No man was ever great by imitation.
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Greatness Imitation Man One Liner
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Goodness Original Poet Writing Yourself

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