The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true art of memory is the art of attention.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Truth allows no choice.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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