No man was ever great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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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 misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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No 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.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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