Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTo 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.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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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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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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