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Return Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed…
- They who have already enjoyed the crowds and noise of the great city, know their desire to return is little more than the restlessness of…
- Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess…
- There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure,…
- The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
- Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our…
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