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Expressions Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor…
- When a language begins to teem with books, it is tending to refinement; as those who undertake to teach others must have undergone some labour…
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- I come from an Italian family. One of the greatest and most profound expressions we would ever use in conversations or arguments… — Mario Batali
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- When autumn darkness falls, what we will remember are the small acts of kindness: a cake, a hug, an invitation to talk,… — Jens Stoltenberg
- In the expressions we adopt to prescribe physical phenomena we necessarily hover between two extremes. We either have to choose a word… — Arthur Schuster
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- An excellent precept for writers: Have a clear idea of all the phrases and expressions you need, and you will find them. — Ximenes Doudan
- Sorrow, terror, anguish, despair itself are often the chosen expressions of an approximation to the highest good. Our sympathy in tragic fiction… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
- One of the most feared expressions in modern times is 'The computer is down.' — Norman Ralph Augustine