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Fondness Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The faults of a man loved or honoured sometimes steal secretly and imperceptibly upon the wise and virtuous, but by injudicious fondness or thoughtless vanity…
- Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
- No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves.
- 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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