The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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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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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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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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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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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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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 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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What is easy is seldom excellent.
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Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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