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Gain Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises, and…
- We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying…
- Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where he roars without…
- Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.
- But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the…
- 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;…
- Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot…
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