People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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