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Resentment Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
- A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent in parliament, has,…
- All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails…
- The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply
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- Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of… — Lord Chesterfield
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- What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is… — Samuel Johnson
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- Resentments are hardened chunks of anger. They loosen up and dissolve with forgiveness and letting go. — Melody Beattie
- Resentment is like a glass of poison that a man drinks; then he sits down and waits for his enemy to die. — Nelson Mandela