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Either Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity;…
- 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…
- It is not indeed certain, that the most refined caution will find a proper time for bringing a man to the knowledge of his own…
- Such is the state of every age, every sex, and every condition: all have their cares, either from nature or from folly; and whoever, therefore,…
- What signifies protesting so against flattery when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know if true, let…
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing…
- There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of…
- Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and…
- Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is…
- Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt himself…
- There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work…
- We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
- Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know…
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
- There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to…
- So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and…
- To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference was made without,…
- Every error in human conduct must arise from ignorance in ourselves, either perpetual or temporary; and happen either because we do not know what is…
- Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune
- 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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- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies,… — Jane Austen
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