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.
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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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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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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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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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Truth allows no choice.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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