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Consequence Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
- Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he…
- We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our…
- 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…
- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given…
- The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.
- I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences, you are…
- Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice that we, for the most part, summon our powers to oppose it without very accurate inquiry…
- As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer.…
- Diligence in employments of less consequence is the most successful introduction to greater enterprises.
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