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Rule Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Hoc age ['do this'] is the great rule, whether you are serious or merry; whether ... learning science or duty from a folio, or floating…
- 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…
- When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints.
- I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,…
- Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and…
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