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Letter "S" » Samuel Johnson Quotes
«The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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applauds, Rest of the world, wealthy, wealthy man
«And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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abuse, claiming, consideration, corrupt, enormous, overturn, overturned, overturning, political system, political systems, rise up, The Abuse
«Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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encumber, encumbered, encumbering, encumbers, patron, patrons, struggling, unconcern
«The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercised in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
exercised, Masters, Passion play, propose, public good, subordination, wantonly
«Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.»
«There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this state receive no answer: Why do you and I exist? Why was this world created? Since it was to be created, why was it not created sooner?»
«Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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disappointment, involves, supplies, topics
«In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
invert, inverted, madam, madams, motives, natural action, natural process, systems, The Mirror, undisguised
«No one ever became great by imitation.»
«What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.»
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