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Best Often Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- When the original is well chosen and judiciously copied, the imitator often arrives at excellence which he could never have attained without direction; for few…
- Let us take a patriot, where we can meet him; and, that we may not flatter ourselves by false appearances, distinguish those marks which are…
- There is no observation more frequently made by such as employ themselves in surveying the conduct of mankind, than that marriage, though the dictate of…
- In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights of another man;…
- Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and…
- Virtue is too often merely local.
- Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances; it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.
- Though the wisdom or virtue of one can very rarely make many happy, the folly or vice of one man often make many miserable.
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of…
- Plenty is the original cause of many of our needs; and even the poverty, which is so frequent and distressful in civilized nations, proceeds often…
- The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with the laws of nature, and those rules are supposed coeval…
- Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of…
- Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors,…
- Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect.
- 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…
- Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
- People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
- Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something…
- Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise, roused the old to sensibility, and subdued the rigorous to…
- 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…
- Those who attain any excellence commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often granted upon easier terms.
- It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other…
- To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited…
- 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…
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- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
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- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- The simplest things are often the truest. — Richard Bach
- Religious people often prefer to be right rather than compassionate. Often, they don't want to give up their egotism. They want their… — Karen Armstrong
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- Compassion is not a popular virtue. Very often when I talk to religious people, and mention how important it is that compassion… — Karen Armstrong
- When I was a kid, among the other embarrassing things I would do, and there's a list of stupid things, but I… — J. J. Abrams
- Today we often think that before we start living a religious life we have first to accept the creedal doctrines and that… — Karen Armstrong
- Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. — Arthur Ashe
- Intelligence agencies keep things secret because they often violate the rule of law or of good behavior. — Julian Assange