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Fancy Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect…
- Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the…
- The complaint, therefore, that all topicks are preoccupied, is nothing more than the murmur of ignorance or idleness, by which some discourage others, and some…
- I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those…
- We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of…
- To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.
- Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
- Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are suppliedmust admit those of fancy.
More Fancy Quotes
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by… — Samuel Johnson
- I don't think of myself as a metafictional writer at all. I think of myself as a classic writer, a realist writer,… — Paul Auster
- People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for… — Ted Allen
- To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour,… — Samuel Johnson
- You will find that the truth is often unpopular and the contest between agreeable fancy and disagreeable fact is unequal. For, in… — Adlai E Stevenson
- I'm a carb queen. I'll always order macaroni and cheese, but I don't want it to be fancy. I want it to… — Drew Barrymore
- I burned out my drawing hand by using it too much. The common word for it is writer's cramp. The fancy words… — Scott Adams