English - Author | September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
Samuel Johnson
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
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The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy.
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Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
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