Johnson
Johnson
Johnson is a surname of English origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John". The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh has favoured". The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints...
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The cure for the greatest part of human miseries is not radical, but palliative.
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The hour of reformation is always delayed; every delay gives vice another opportunity of fortifying itself by habit.
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The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment.
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There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.
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Towering is the confidence of twenty-one.
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We are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.
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We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.
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We suffer equal pain from the pertinacious adhesion of unwelcome images, as from the evanescence of those which are pleasing and useful.
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Whatever is proposed, it is much easier to find reasons for rejecting than embracing.
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Prejudice is a great time-saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts. Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.
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Pointed axioms and acute replies fly loose about the world, and are assigned successively to those whom it may be the fashion to celebrate.
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To be prejudiced is always to be weak
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He that travels in theory has no inconveniences.
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A family ... is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.