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Gradual Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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…
- The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay, or dislike hourly increased by causes too slender for complaint, and too numerous for removal.
- We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness, endeared by interest,…
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