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Found Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.
- Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
- No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of…
- It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added,…
- It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without…
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary…
- I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and…
- Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.
- Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
- Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately to the relief…
- Though I love to spend, I hate be cheated, and I found that to build is to be robbed.
- On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite…
- To embarrass justice by multiplicity of laws, or to hazard it by confidence in judges, seem to be the opposite rocks on which all civil…
- They that have grown old in a single state are generally found to be morose, fretful and captious; tenacious of their own practices and maxims;…
- That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
- Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess…
- It is true that of far the greater part of things, we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit, or analogy supply;…
- Order is a lovely nymph, the child of Beauty and Wisdom; her attendants are Comfort, Neatness, and Activity; her abode is the valley of happiness:…
- The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you.
- I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
- We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the…
- Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
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