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Endeavour Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given…
- 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…
- Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and variety, with cold…
- He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to…
- Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute that…
- Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the…
- It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the privileges of age, and retain the…
- 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…
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- My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever… — Jack Black
- First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety. — David Brainerd
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- In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and I loathe… — Giacomo Casanova
- Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour. — Martin Amis
- One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred by high… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard himself as… — Niccolo Machiavelli
- Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse,… — Charles Darwin
- If we range through the whole territory of nature, and endeavour to extract from each department the rich stores of knowledge and… — Joseph Paxton
- The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and of error.… — Karl Popper
- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world.… — Samuel Johnson