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Affords Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious…
- Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.
- Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is…
- No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
- Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
- That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.
- Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses…
- Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses…
- No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library; for who can see the wall crowded on…
- To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited…
- That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem
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- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson
- To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage
- None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth,… — Thomas B. Macaulay
- It affords me sincere pleasure to be able to apprise you of the entire removal of the Cherokee Nation of Indians to… — Martin Van Buren
- I could never have known so well how paltry men are, and how little they care for really high aims, if I… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Ambition is torment enough for an enemy; for it affords as much discontentment in enjoying as in want, making men like poisoned… — Joseph Hall
- Perhaps the best reason for regarding mathematics as an art is not so much that it affords an outlet for creative activity… — Morris Kline
- The history of fiat money is little more than a register of monetary follies and inflations. Our present age merely affords another… — Hans F. Sennholz