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Preserved Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a…
- You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally…
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- In some ways, I saw the garden as a metaphor for certain aspects of my life. A leader must also tend his… — Nelson Mandela
- John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only… — Isaac Asimov
- Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people. — John Adams
- Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for… — Mark Twain
- History gets thicker as it approaches recent times: more people, more events, and more books written about them. More evidence is preserved,… — A J P Taylor
- Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger. — Abu Bakr
- Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this… — Bill Bradley
- The Union next to our liberties the most dear. May we all remember that it can only be preserved by respecting the… — John C. Calhoun