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Worse Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation has something peculiar…
- A ship is worse than a gaol. There is, in a gaol, better air, better company, better conveniency of every kind; and a ship has…
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing…
- Everybody knows worse of himself than he knows of other men.
- All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse,…
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