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Doe Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?
- Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.
- Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
- Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or…
- Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did…
- If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser.
- If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our…
- 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.…
- There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible.
- A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told.
- A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth.
- Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.
- Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep…
- A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
- He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
- When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.
- The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day…
- No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.
- Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very…
- Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something…
- All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle.
- Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign…
- I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that…
More Doe Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Nature does nothing in vain. — Aristotle
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- True information does good. — Julian Assange
- I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment, which I am glad to say does not describe… — Dean Acheson
- Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation. — Bashar al-Assad
- No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy… — Francis of Assisi
- Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything… — Francis of Assisi