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.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.
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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
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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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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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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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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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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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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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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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