None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPrejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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 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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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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.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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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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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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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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