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Noble Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Stand Firm for your country, and become a man Honour'd and lov'd: It were a noble life, To be found dead, embracing her.
- 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…
- As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The…
- ...a man estimable for his learning, amiable for his life, and venerable for his piety. Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his…
- Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angels only given, To all the lower world denied.
- The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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