A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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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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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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