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Highest Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- There are occasions on which it is noble to dare to stand alone. To be pious among infidels, to be disinterested in a time of…
- To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity; the next is, to strive, and deserve to conquer: but he whose…
- Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery…
- Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.
- The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure…
- The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants.
- To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.
- By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man,…
- Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author.
- Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
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- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. — Lord Acton
- Both the Democratic and Republican parties are bought and paid for by corporate America and cater to the needs of the highest… — Roseanne Barr
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- Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see… — Louisa May Alcott
- Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that god gave me… — Aretha Franklin
- Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends… — John J. McCloy
- Our highest ambition is to be included in the stream of American life, to be permitted to "play the game" as any… — Chester Himes