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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Conversation
Samuel Johnson

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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Death and Dying
Samuel Johnson

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If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
Slander
Samuel Johnson

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If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
Pleasure
Samuel Johnson

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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
Solitude
Samuel Johnson

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In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
Writers and Writing
Samuel Johnson

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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.
Epitaphs
Samuel Johnson

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In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
Travel and Tourism
Samuel Johnson

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It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
Confidence
Samuel Johnson

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It is better to live rich, than to die rich.
Riches
Samuel Johnson

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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Wrong
Samuel Johnson

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It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
Marriage
Samuel Johnson

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It is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
Music
Samuel Johnson

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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Flattery
Samuel Johnson

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Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
Knowledge
Samuel Johnson

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Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man.
Labor
Samuel Johnson

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Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
Language
Samuel Johnson

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Language is the dress of thought.
Language
Samuel Johnson

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Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
Law and Lawyers
Samuel Johnson

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Compromise
Samuel Johnson

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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Desire
Samuel Johnson

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Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.
Simplicity
Samuel Johnson

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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Love
Samuel Johnson

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Man is not weak; knowledge is more than equivalent to force.
Knowledge
Samuel Johnson

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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.
Planning
Samuel Johnson

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun