Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some obvious and useful truth in a few words.We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they are not remembered; and he may therefore be justly numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to recur habitually to the mind.
— Samuel Johnson
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
— Samuel Johnson
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I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
— Samuel Johnson
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It is necessary to hope... for hope itself is happiness.
— Samuel Johnson
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Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
- Samuel Johnson
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To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly.
- Samuel Johnson
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It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
- Samuel Johnson
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
- Samuel Johnson
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
- 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.
- Samuel Johnson
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