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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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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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