We frequently fall into error and folly, Dr. Johnson tells us, “not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, the… - Logan Pearsall Smith

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We frequently fall into error and folly, Dr. Johnson tells us, “not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they are not remembered.” To compress, therefore, the great and obvious rules of life into brief sentences which are not easily forgotten is, as he said, to confer a real benefit upon us.