Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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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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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
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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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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 is easy is seldom excellent.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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