How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
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 really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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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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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
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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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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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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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