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Quotes By author - Starting with S - Samuel Johnson
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There are 255 quotes for the author Samuel Johnson
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Wisdom
Knowledge
Honesty
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Character
Judgment
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
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Life
Death
Work: Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
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Patriotism having become one of our topics, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel." But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.
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Patriotism
Arrogance
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone.
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Friendship
Life
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Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
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Silence
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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Effort
Writing
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In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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Wisdom
Truth
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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
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Wisdom
Deception
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
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Wisdom
Laziness
Work: Life of Boerhaave
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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 away in fruitless efforts.
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Appearance & Attitudes
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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Perseverance
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
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Friendship
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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
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Music
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Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
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Quotations
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What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to do with diligence.
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Learning
Work: Lives of the Poets
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Loneliness
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
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Curiosity
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A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
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Miscellaneous
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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Wisdom
Genius
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