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Almost Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.
- No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters…
- As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The…
- Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning.
- In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen…
- Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
- Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
- Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil.
- Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions
- Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot…
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