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Occasions Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- There are occasions on which all apologies are rudeness.
- 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…
- Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey of a wit to his home town: yet such pleasures…
- As to precedents, to be sure they will increase in course of time; but the more precedents there are, the less occasion is there for…
- A man should be careful never to tell tales of himself to his own disadvantage. People may be amused at the time, but they will…
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