The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat is easy is seldom excellent.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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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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