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No man was ever great by imitation.

Samuel Johnson

Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Accident Hands Herself Man Mistake Quiet Reach Society Stand
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
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Crime Evil Himself Ignorance Learning Proper
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Angel Dangerous Fear Fools Knowledge
You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Love Reading Wisdom Yourself
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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Enjoyment Happiness Travel Woman
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Fools Love Wisdom
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Goodness Man Talk Wife
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Goodness Measurement Treat True
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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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Desire Man Myself Reading Writing
Grief is a species of idleness.
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Born Children Grief One Liner Wasted Time
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Aspiration Inspirational One Liner Ourselves Possible
Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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Argument Reason Remove
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Father Freedom Independent Power Son Struggle
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Curiosity Generosity Greatness Mindset

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