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Excellence Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
- The excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some useful truth…
- But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first book which they…
- The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning…
- When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few…
- No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption…
- Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
- Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high…
- Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.
- The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.
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