Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Truth allows no choice.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten 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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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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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