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Attain Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute that…
- All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. In…
- Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes…
- Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
- There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art…
- Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.
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