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Samuel Johnson Quotes: Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
         

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.


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Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.



Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.



Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.



When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.



Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.



A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.



There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.



When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.



He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.





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If yon bethink yourself of any crime Unreconcil'd as yet to heaven and grace, Solicit for it straight.

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