Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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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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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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