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Apt Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth, and that things are the sons…
- A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
- 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…
- But, perhaps, the flatterer is not often detected; for an honest mind is not apt to suspect, and no one exerts the power of discernment…
- Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess…
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