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Among the lower classes of man...

Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief of some pressing uneasiness, or the attainment of some near advantage.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Curiosity is, in great and gen...

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties. He who easily comprehends all that is before him, and soon exhausts any single subject, is always eager for new inquiries; and in proportion as the intellectual eye takes in a wider prospect, it must be gratified with variety, by more rapid flights and bolder excursions.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Curiosity, like all other desi...

Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

I am far from any intention to...

I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only from the various essays of experimental industry, and the vague excursions of mind set upon discovery, that any advancement of knowledge can be expected; and though many must be disappointed in their labours, yet they are not to be charged with having spent their time in vain; their example contributed to inspire emulation, and their miscarriage taught others the way to success.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

But the distant hope of being ...

But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite to the great and mean, to the celebrated and obscure; the art of moderating the desires, of repressing the appetites; and of conciliating or retaining the favour of mankind.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Those who have past much of th...

Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold indifference; but an inhabitant of the remoter parts of the kingdom is immediately distinguished by a kind of dissipated curiosity, a busy endeavour to divide his attention amongst a thousand objects, and a wild confusion of astonishment and alarm.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Memory is the primary and fund...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.

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Network. Anything reticulated ...

Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.

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The business of the poet, said...

The business of the poet, said Imlac, is to examine, not the individual, but the species.

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Example is always more efficac...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

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All intellectual improvement a...

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Milton, Madam, was a genius th...

Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones.

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The essence of poetry is inven...

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Of all kinds of credulity, the...

Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign the use of their own eyes and ears, and resolve to believe nothing that does not favor those whom they profess to follow.

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To be happy at home is the ult...

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

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In order that all men might be...

In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

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Sorrow is the mere rust of the...

Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.

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I have all my life long been l...

I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.

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Fear is implanted in us as a p...

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror, or to beset life with supernumerary distresses.

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It is generally agreed, that f...

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.

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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....