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Disadvantages Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has…
- It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.
- A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will…
- One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
- Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which…
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- We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love - first to their advantage, then to their disadvantage. — Albert Camus
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- All personal achievement starts in the mind of the individual. Your personal achievement starts in your mind. the first step is to… — W. Clement Stone
- It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity… — Victor Niederhoffer
- Every disadvantage has its advantage. — Johan Cruijff
- Were not the disadvantages of slavery too obvious to stand in need of it, I might enumerate and describe the tedious train… — Alexander Hamilton
- It is true, says Liebeg, that thousands have lived without a knowledge of tea and coffee; and daily experience teaches us that,… — Isabella Beeton
- A prince... must learn from the fox and the lion... One must be a fox in order to recognize traps, and a… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- If someone puts up the argument that King Louis gave the Romagna to Pope Alexander, and the kingdom of Naples to Spain,… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- If you are situated at a great distance from the enemy, and the strength of the two armies is equal, it is… — Sun Tzu
- Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is,… — Edsger Dijkstra