The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

Samuel Johnson

Tags: informationage internetage



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The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar and familiar things new.

Samuel Johnson


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A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.

Samuel Johnson

Tags: reading writing



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Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Samuel Johnson


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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

Tags: fishing



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I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.

Samuel Johnson

Tags: humor attorneys cheapshots



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

Samuel Johnson

Tags: curiosity lifelong-learning



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You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

Samuel Johnson


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Nothing [...] will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome.

Samuel Johnson

Tags: effort achievement obstacles



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