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Generous Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
- Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
- A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.
- Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative…
- Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than…
- I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place,…
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