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Endeavours 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less…
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- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world.… — Samuel Johnson
- My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever… — Jack Black
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- A free man, who lives among ignorant people, tries as much as he can to refuse their benefits. .. He who lives… — Baruch Spinoza
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- If each and everyone endeavours to cooperate and work in as much as his capacity permits, our faith rests upon the Almighty… — Haile Selassie
- Sin is too great an evil for man to meddle with. His attempts to remove it do but increase it, and his… — Horatius Bonar
- The Devil endeavours by every means to keep men in error, in the enticement of the passions, in darkness of mind and… — John of Kronstadt