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Large Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
- That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A…
- A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we…
- It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend their yearly income, but are often actually in want of money.…
- Dogs have not the power of comparing. A dog will take a small piece of meat as readily as a large, when both are before…
- Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.
- Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
- There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care…
- Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood
More Large Quotes
- The whole idea of a stereotype is to simplify. Instead of going through the problem of all this great diversity - that… — Chinua Achebe
- There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. — Jane Austen
- The supply of leaks is very large. It's helpful for us to have more people in this industry. It's protective to us. — Julian Assange
- As a species, we've somehow survived large and small ice ages, genetic bottlenecks, plagues, world wars and all manner of natural disasters,… — Diane Ackerman
- I am politically pro-choice, but personally pro-life. I have my faith but refuse to force it on the world at large -… — Julianna Baggott
- There is a large body of abolitionists in Clinton and Clark Counties in this state, and in Wayne County Indiana, that would… — Gamaliel Bailey
- There are signs that the age of petroleum has passed its zenith. Adjusted for inflation, a barrel of crude oil now sells… — James Buchan
- People who hardly ever cook at all, suddenly at the holidays, feel like it's their responsibility to not only cook dinner for… — Ted Allen