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 never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
—Samuel Johnson
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Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
—Samuel Johnson
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Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
—Samuel Johnson
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
—Samuel Johnson
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
—Samuel Johnson
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Those who have done nothing in life are not qualified to judge those who have done little.
—Samuel Johnson
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A fishing-rod was a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but the one is but an insect and the other is a horse still.
—Samuel Johnson
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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.
—Samuel Johnson
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
—Samuel Johnson
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
—Samuel Johnson