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Place Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
- Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he…
- The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another;…
- How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consigned,…
- Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by no means infallible.…
- Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the…
- A man's mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
- Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
- That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily created; every man,…
- I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In the next place,…
- No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
- No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library; for who can see the wall crowded on…
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