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Comprehend Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is very natural for young men to be vehement, acrimonious and severe. For as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a…
- Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend.
- The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly…
- To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and…
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