The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true art of memory is the art of attention.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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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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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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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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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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