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Letter "S" » Samuel Johnson Quotes
«There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved.»
«Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.»
«The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.»
«Revenge is the act of passion, vengeance is an act of justice.»
«He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind, who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind.»
«I hate mankind, for I think of myself as one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.»
«I found you essay to be good and original. However, the part that was original was not good and the part that was good was not original.»
«There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to you previous self.»
«Language is the pedigree of nations.»
«Hope is necessary in every condition.»
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