Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society.
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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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
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A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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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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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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