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Eminent Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability…
- A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.
- But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite…
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- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- No student ever attains very eminent success by simply doing what is required of him: it is the amount and excellence of… — Charles Kendall Adams
- The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones. — Henry Ward Beecher
- A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society. — B R Ambedkar
- We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine. Science is… — Samuel Wilks
- No words can express how much the world owes to sorrow. Most of the Psalms were born in the wilderness. Most of… — George MacDonald
- I believe that the road to pre-eminent success in any line of work is to make yourself master of that line of… — Andrew Carnegie
- The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists… — George Mikes