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Matter Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of the most studious…
- The mathematicians are well acquainted with the difference between pure science, which has only to do with ideas, and the application of its laws to…
- As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer.…
- I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the lord chancellor, upon a due…
- We are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary; our speculations upon matter are voluntary, and…
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
- Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.
- I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they were all made by the Lord Chancellor, upon a due…
- We owe few of the rules of writing to the acuteness of critics, who have generally no other merit than that, having read the works…
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- It is commonly supposed that the uniformity of a studious life affords no matter for narration: but the truth is, that of… — Samuel Johnson