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Believe Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe, that Nature has…
- There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe…
- Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to…
- I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the lord chancellor, upon a due…
- A man guilty of poverty easily believes himself suspected.
- We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
- We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the…
- I do not care to speak ill of a man behind his back, but I believe he is an attorney.
- Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are saying it, and…
- Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign…
- Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining…
- I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor, upon a due…
More Believe Quotes
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- I believe in anything that will engage the audience and make the story more effective. — J. J. Abrams
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- It is the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there's always a… — Julian Assange
- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. — Richard Bach