Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFrom thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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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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