No man was ever great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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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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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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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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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
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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.
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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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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
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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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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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Grief is a species of idleness.
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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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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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