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Desirous Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to…
- We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying…
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters…
- In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it; for no species…
- When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word;…
More Desirous Quotes
- The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken… — Samuel Johnson
- I call not that virginity a virtue, which resideth onely in the bodies integrity; much less if it be with a purpose… — John Donne
- We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch… — Samuel Johnson
- O Lord, I wish to promote thy holy religion which is dreadfully neglected. I am desirous to save young persons from the… — Sarah Trimmer
- I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a… — Rush Limbaugh
- The form of law which I propose would be as follows: In a state which is desirous of being saved from the… — Plato
- But I, Caesar, have not sought to amass wealth by the practice of my art, having been rather contented with a small… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
- Insurrection by means of guerrilla bands is the true method of warfare for all nations desirous of emancipating themselves from a foreign… — Giuseppe Mazzini