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Every man wishes to be wise, ...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

With what hope can we endeavo...

With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

About things on which the pub...

About things on which the public thinks long it commonly attains to think right.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

No man is much regarded by th...

No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will learn how little the attention of others is attracted by himself. While we see multitudes passing before us, of whom perhaps not one appears to deserve our notice or excites our sympathy, we should remember, that we likewise are lost in the same throng, that the eye which happens to glance upon us is turned in a moment on him that follows us, and that the utmost which we can reasonably hope or fear is to fill a vacant hour with prattle, and be forgotten.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The history of mankind is lit...

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

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Diligence in employments of l...

Diligence in employments of less consequence is the most successful introduction to greater enterprises.

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I wish there were some cure, ...

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.

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Friendship, peculiar boon of ...

Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.

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All knowledge is of itself of...

All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In the same manner, all power, of whatever sort, is of itself desirable. A man would not submit to learn to hem a ruffle, of his wife, or his wife's maid; but if a mere wish could attain it, he would rather wish to be able to hem a ruffle.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The lust of gold succeeds the...

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Nobody has the right to put a...

Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt himself by telling what is not true.

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Get together a hundred or two...

Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.

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Hypocrisy is the necessary bu...

Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy.

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In the description of night i...

In the description of night in Macbeth, the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of darkness - inspissated gloom.

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London! the needy villain's g...

London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome! With eager thirst, by folly or by fate, Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state.

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What is twice read is commonl...

What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.

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These papers of the day have ...

These papers of the day have uses more adequate to the purposes of common life than more pompous and durable volumes.

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The difference between coarse...

The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a poisoned arrow.

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Luxury, so far as it reaches ...

Luxury, so far as it reaches the people, will do good to the race of people; it will strengthen and multiply them. Sir, no nation was ever hurt by luxury; for, as I said before; it can reach but a very few.

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As every one is pleased with ...

As every one is pleased with imagining that he knows something not yet commonly divulged, secret history easily gains credit; but it is for the most part believed only while it circulates in whispers, and when once it is openly told, is openly refuted.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....