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Act Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The morality of an action depends on the motive from which we act. If I fling half a crown to a beggar with intention to…
- The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.
- The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only…
- How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as…
- The belief of immortality is impressed upon all men, and all men act under an impression of it, however they may talk, and though, perhaps,…
- In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without any measure but…
- Deceit and falsehood, whatever conveniences they may for a time promise or produce, are, in the sum of life, obstacles to happiness. Those who profit…
- Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
- Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less…
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