There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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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 superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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