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Power Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness.
- The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things-the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and…
- There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
- Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.…
- The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very…
- The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man…
- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given…
- Those who are in the power of evil habits must conquer them as they can; and conquered they must be, or neither wisdom nor happiness…
- I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions; and…
- To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour, is to expect…
- No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us…
- Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.
- No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.
- Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
- When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves…
- Philips, whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty power and hapless love! Rest here, distress'd by poverty no more; Here find that calm…
- Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring a reputation superior to names hourly swept away by time…
- Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions
- The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power…
- The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
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