truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:49 am

Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
Samuel Johnson

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:51 am

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
Samuel Johnson

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:52 am

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
Samuel Johnson

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:53 am

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
Samuel Johnson

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:54 am

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
Samuel Johnson

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:55 am

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Samuel Johnson

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Thu 11 January 2007 7:57 am

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
Samuel Johnson