Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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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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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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