Amplify Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies and animates.”

Samuel Johnson

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It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.

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The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.

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Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.

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