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Indeed Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity;…
- They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private…
- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given…
- It is not indeed certain, that the most refined caution will find a proper time for bringing a man to the knowledge of his own…
- There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of…
- Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new…
- He that floats lazily down the stream, in pursuit of something borne along by the same current, will find himself indeed moved forward; but unless…
- In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether slavery can ever…
- Men go to sea, before they know the unhappiness of that way of life; and when they have come to know it, they cannot escape…
- It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town is seldom worth…
- It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the…
- Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
- There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
More Indeed Quotes
- I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself. — Pietro Aretino
- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare
- Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water. — Miguel de Cervantes
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed,… — Charles Babbage
- God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon
- It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that'… — Douglas Adams
- Why have I been chosen to deliver the message of female intelligence and its divinity to a deaf world of males? I… — Roseanne Barr