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Short Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied…
- A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation - a proof…
- Sir, they are a race of convicts and ought to be grateful for anything we allow them short of hanging.
- He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into the short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory,…
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters…
- The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made…
- Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
- Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
- In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have borne long; or…
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