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Abilities Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their…
- Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent.
- Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves. Those who…
- Men who have flattered themselves into this opinion of their own abilities, look down on all who waste their lives over books, as a race…
- Few have abilities so much needed by the rest of the world as to be caressed on their own terms; and he that will not…
- Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary talents to lie…
- When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few…
- Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. He has facts…
- To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and…
- To mean understandings, it is sufficient honour to be numbered amongst the lowest labourers of learning; but different abilities must find different tasks. To hew…
- When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying…
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- A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
- To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the… — Joseph Addison
- As you get older, the physical abilities decrease, which is particularly frustrating because your brain gets so good! So as you are… — Deborah Bull
- There's always an element of self delusion among people who believe they ought to be President. There's an underestimation of your opponent… — Jimmy Carter
- The biggest atrocity of all is to indoctrinate our children into a system that does not value their creative expression, nor encourage… — Benjamin Greene
- The game lends itself to fantasies about our abilities. — Peter Alliss