Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is easy is seldom excellent.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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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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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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