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| QUOTE COLLECTIONS OF Samuel Johnson |
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Quotes By author - Starting with S - Samuel Johnson
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He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.
Subject:
Goal
Human Nature
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There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
Subject:
Community
Source: Taxation No Tyranny
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Exercise is labor without weariness.
Subject:
Excercise
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Subject:
Memory
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Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.
Subject:
Emotions
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The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endue it.
Subject:
Writing
Reading
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.
Subject:
Memory
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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.
Subject:
Mankind
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It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
Subject:
Success
Wealth
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Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
Subject:
Language
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