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Lost Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they…
- The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very…
- I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
- I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of the earth, and that things are the sons…
- I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed…
- To scatter praise or blame without regard to justice is to destroy the distinction of good and evil. Many have no other test of actions…
- With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity.
- No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will learn…
- Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
- I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
- Our minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired.... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow…
- I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of nations
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed…
- I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make anew acquaintance.
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- The Green Bay Packers never lost a football game. They just ran out of time. — Vince Lombardi
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- Do you think the people who were trying to reach to the Everest were not full of doubts? For a hundred years,… — Rajneesh
- The one great element in continuing the success of an offensive is maintaining the momentum. This was lost last fall when shortages… — George C. Marshall