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High Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you…
- High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own…
- The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.
- Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or most judicious. But…
- No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting…
- The rules that I shall propose concerning secrecy, and from which I think it not safe to deviate without long and exact deliberation, are, never…
- Since every man is obliged to promote happiness and virtue, he should be careful not to mislead unwary minds, by appearing to set too high…
- Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than…
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