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We come to reason, not to dominate. We do not seek to have our way, but to find a common way.
Unity
Lyndon B. Johnson

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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Heroes and Heroism
Samuel Johnson

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Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
Quotations
Samuel Johnson

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Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
Perseverance
Samuel Johnson

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If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written.
Slander
Samuel Johnson

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It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
Marriage
Samuel Johnson

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Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Flattery
Samuel Johnson

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Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
Language
Samuel Johnson

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Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Compromise
Samuel Johnson

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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
Marriage
Samuel Johnson

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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
Melancholy
Samuel Johnson

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No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.
Arts and Artists
Samuel Johnson

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No two men can be half an hour together but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
Cooperation
Samuel Johnson

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Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Prudence
Samuel Johnson

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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Understanding
Samuel Johnson

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Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.
Bores and Boredom
Samuel Johnson

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That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.
Mistakes
Samuel Johnson

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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Hope
Samuel Johnson

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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Secrets
Samuel Johnson

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Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.
Travel and Tourism
Samuel Johnson

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Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Friends and Friendship
Thomas Jones

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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
Advice
Erica Jong

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To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Speakers and Speaking
Ben Jonson

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True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.
Happiness
Ben Jonson

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I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.
Race and Racism
Michael Jordan

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun