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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Samuel Johnson

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Retirement Sorry Talent Thinking World Yourself
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Change Effort Happiness Himself Human Knowledge Life Nature Seek Wasted Time
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Kindness Ourselves Power
If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but our primary consideration would be to take care of ourselves. We should knock him down first, and pity him afterwards.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Care Hands Mad Man Ourselves Pity Room
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Dangerous Integrity Knowledge Weakness
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Diligence Hope Learning
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Exam Fake Invitation Truth
Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Happiness heavy Life Money Mortal Time
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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Evil Man Misery Repeat
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Information Man Reminder
When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Belief Hope Success Work
No man was ever great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Greatness Imitation Man One Liner
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Cure Endurance Heart Human King Law
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Coward Patriot Refuge
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Associate Greatness Local Man Position
Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Desire Enjoyment Himself Man Philosophy Poor Rich Wisdom
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 JOHNSON

Commitment Existence Guilty Injury Mistake Society
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Curiosity Generosity Greatness Mindset
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Object Possible Try
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing – it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Angel Dangerous Fear Fools Knowledge
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Make Up Tears Weapon Woman
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Advantage Better Country Enjoyment Himself Improvement Learning Travel Visit Worst
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Accident Hands Herself Man Mistake Quiet Reach Society Stand
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Law Nature Power Wisdom Woman

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