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Where necessity ends, desire a...

Where necessity ends, desire and curiosity begin; and no sooner are we supplied with everything nature can demand than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Cowardice encroaches fast upon...

Cowardice encroaches fast upon such as spend their lives in company of persons higher than themselves.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Once a coxcomb, always a coxco...

Once a coxcomb, always a coxcomb.

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Governors being accustomed to ...

Governors being accustomed to hear of more crimes than they can punish, and more wrongs than they can redress, set themselves at ease by indiscriminate negligence, and presently forget the request when they lose sight of the petitioner.

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An infallible characteristic o...

An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.

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Cunning differs from wisdom as...

Cunning differs from wisdom as twilight from open day.

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The whole power of cunning is ...

The whole power of cunning is privative; to say nothing, and to do nothing , is the utmost of its reach. Yet men, thus narrow by nature and mean by art, are sometimes able to rise by the miscarriages of bravery and the openness of integrity, and, watching failures and snatching opportunities, obtain advantages which belong to higher characters.

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Their origin is commonly unkno...

Their origin is commonly unknown; for the practice often continues when the cause has ceased, and concerning superstitious ceremonies it is in vain to conjecture; for what reason did not dictate, reason cannot explain.

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No man is defeated without som...

No man is defeated without some resentment which will be continued with obstinacy while he believes himself in the right, and asserted with bitterness, if even to his own conscience he is detected in the wrong.

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The dependant who cultivates d...

The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.

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Every desire is a viper in the...

Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.

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It is very common for us to de...

It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain.

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The desires of man increase wi...

The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.

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Diffidence may check resolutio...

Diffidence may check resolution and obstruct performance, but compensates its embarrassments by more important advantages; it conciliates the proud, and softens the severe; averts envy from excellence, and censure from miscarriage.

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As he that lives longest lives...

As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration; and every day brings its task, which, if neglected, is doubled on the morrow.

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Before dinner men meet with gr...

Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding; and those who are conscious of their inferiority have the modesty not to talk; when they have drunk wine, every man feels himself happy, and loses that modesty, and grows impudent and vociferous; but he is not improved; he is only not sensible of his defects.

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By those who look close to the...

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance.

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Such is the emptiness of human...

Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession by disgust.

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Though the discoveries or acqu...

Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient to animate his industry.

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A blaze first pleases and then...

A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.

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