Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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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 who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Our aspirations are our possibilities.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Truth allows no choice.
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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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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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Grief is a species of idleness.
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