Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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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.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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