Samuel Johnson Quotes About Wisdom
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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
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There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
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All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.
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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
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The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights of another man; they must be known by rational investigation or historical inquiry.
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
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In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
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He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
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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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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
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The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.
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