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Shows Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity;…
- In bed we laugh, in bed we cry, and born in bed, in bed we die; the near approach a bed may show of human…
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary…
- Advice is offensive, not because it lays us open to unexpected regret, or convicts us of any fault which had escaped our notice, but because…
- No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with his merit, panting…
- How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to be false? Few parents act in such a manner as…
- Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for…
- Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has neither inclination nor…
- To be flattered is grateful, even when we know that our praises are not believed by those who pronounce them; for they prove, at least,…
- All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.
- By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
- I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
- All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
- Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
- It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we…
- Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves.
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- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree… — Samuel Johnson
- One of my favorite things about 'Star Trek' wasn't just the overt banter but the humor in that show about the relationships… — J. J. Abrams
- When I was doing Bean more than I've done him in the last few years, I did strange things - like appearing… — Rowan Atkinson
- I had a huge advantage when I started 50 years ago - my job was secure. I didn't have to promote myself.… — David Attenborough
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