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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
Knowledge
Samuel Johnson

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The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.
Nationalities and Nationalism
Samuel Johnson

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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
Greatness
Samuel Johnson

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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Memory
Samuel Johnson

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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Complaints and Complaining
Samuel Johnson

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The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.
Virtue
Samuel Johnson

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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.
Compassion
Samuel Johnson

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There are charms made only for distance admiration.
Charm
Samuel Johnson

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There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.
Mind
Samuel Johnson

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There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Money
Samuel Johnson

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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
Confidence
Samuel Johnson

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There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron.
Scholars and Scholarship
Samuel Johnson

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They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.
Example
Samuel Johnson

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To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Kindness
Samuel Johnson

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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Secrets
Samuel Johnson

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To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.
Happiness
Samuel Johnson

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Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
Laziness
Samuel Johnson

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We are inclined to believe those whom we don not know because they have never deceived us.
Gullibility
Samuel Johnson

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We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.
Temptation
Samuel Johnson

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When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.
Tragedies
Samuel Johnson

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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
Sea
Samuel Johnson

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There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
Moderation
Vera Johnson

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Morale is faith in the man at the top.
Leaders and Leadership
Albert Sidney Johnston

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Bad people excuse their faults; wise people leave them.
Faults
Ben Johnston

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Anyone who profits from the experience of others probably writes biographies.
Biography
Jones

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