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Observed Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is…
- It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what…
- One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.
- Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is…
- The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made…
- It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or permanent happiness but…
- Every man may be observed to have a certain strain of lamentation, some peculiar theme of complaint on which he dwells in his moments of…
- 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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- A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as… — John Adams
- "There are one or two elementary rules to be observed in the way of handling patients," he remarked, seating himself on the… — Arthur Conan Doyle
- I observed once to Goethe that when a friend is with us we do not think the same of him as when… — Arthur Schopenhauer
- In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
- Something of a person's character may be observed by how they smile. Some never smile they only grin. — Christian Nestell Bovee
- Whether or not you can observe a thing depends upon the theory you use. It is the theory which decides what can… — Albert Einstein
- Good manners disappear in proportion as the influence of a Court and an exclusive aristocracy lessens; this decrease can be plainly observed… — Friedrich Nietzsche