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Present State Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing…
- The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge; that…
More Present State Quotes
- Imagination has brought mankind through the dark ages to its present state of civilization. Imagination led Columbus to discover America. Imagination led… — L. Frank Baum
- Not to have an adequate air force in the present state of the world is to compromise the foundations of national freedom… — Winston Churchill
- The world has arisen in some way or another. How it originated is the great question, and Darwin's theory, like all other… — Louis Agassiz
- The theory of the earth is the science which describes and explains changes that the terrestrial globe has undergone from its beginning… — Horace-Benedict de Saussure
- We are so far from knowing all the forces of nature and their various modes of action that it would be unworthy… — Pierre-Simon Laplace
- My opposition to war is not based upon pacifist or non-resistant principles. It may be that the present state of civilization is… — Henry Ford
- Private fortunes, in the present state of our circulation, are at the mercy of those self-created money lenders, and are prostrated by… — Thomas Jefferson
- The present state of atomic theory is characterized by the fact that we not only believe the existence of atoms to be… — Niels Bohr