Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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

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

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary;...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people...

We make everything funny, you wouldn't believe the things we laugh at. We're always laughing-people...

Better lose a jest than a friend

Better lose a jest than a friend