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Chief Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.
- The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made…
- The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
- The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
- 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…
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