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It is as bad as bad can be: it...

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Novelty is indeed necessary to...

Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new to him who has quickened his faculties by diligent observation.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

As a madman is apt to think hi...

As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.

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He that teaches us anything wh...

He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Evil is uncertain in the same ...

Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with to much dejection.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Almost all the moral good whic...

Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.

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Greece appears to be the fount...

Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The size of a man's understand...

The size of a man's understanding can be justly measured by his mirth.

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Some desire is necessary to ke...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

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Youth enters the world with ve...

Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining those rewards which the accomplishment may deserve. She is not easily persuaded to believe that the force of merit can be resisted by obstinacy and avarice, or its luster darkened by envy and malignity.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

He that pursues fame with just...

He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

When once a man has made celeb...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

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All theory is against free wil...

All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.

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Why, sir, Sherry is dull, natu...

Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.

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When speculation has done its ...

When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.

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Your aspirations are your poss...

Your aspirations are your possibilities.

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It is, indeed, at home that ev...

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honor, and fictitious benevolence.

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The violence of war admits no ...

The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.

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Much may be made of a Scotchma...

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

To a people warlike and indige...

To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.

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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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