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Eager Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But…
- Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative…
- In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At…
- London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome! With eager thirst, by folly or by fate, Sucks in the…
- Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded…
- 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…
More Eager Quotes
- Did Word Of Achievement Cant Word Of Defeat Should Word Of Duty Will Word Of Eager Can Word Of Power Choose Your… — Ritu Ghatourey
- We grow older, but we do not change. We become more sophisticated, but at bottom we continue to resemble our young selves,… — Paul Auster
- The objective of our religious foundations is to teach people that they are hurting themselves when they say they believe something. What… — John Templeton
- Most of us are about as eager to be changed as we were to be born, and go through our changes in… — James A. Baldwin
- We read advertisements... to discover and enlarge our desires. We are always ready - even eager - to discover, from the announcement… — Daniel J. Boorstin
- When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready… — Abdallah II
- We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same… — William Ellery Channing
- In my view, immigrants today aren't any different from immigrants who have come to America throughout our nation's history. They bring new… — Dick Armey