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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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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes
Change
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Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Subject:
Trust
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There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can seldom forbear to express their repentance, and their envy of those whom either chance or caution hath withheld from it.
Subject:
Marriage
Source: Rambler #18
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It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
Subject:
Perfection
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No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.
Subject:
Money
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Subject:
Quotations
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Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.
Subject:
Marriage
Source: Rasselas
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
Subject:
Contentment
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Subject:
England
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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