Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo man was ever great by imitation.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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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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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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Truth allows no choice.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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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