It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven’t courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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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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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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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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Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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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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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
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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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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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