"A man, sir, should keep his friendship in…" — Samuel Johnson
"A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site.
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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Art is man's constant effort to create for himself a different order of reality from that which is given to…
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Let it be your constant method to look into the design of people's actions, and see what they would be…
— Marcus Aurelius
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I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.
— Lynda Barry
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The tears of the world are a constant quality. For each one who begins to weep, somewhere else another stops.…
— Samuel Beckett
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by…
— Joseph Addison
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To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular…
— Michael Bloomberg
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People are no longer primarily in opposition, nor can they be said to be interacting, rather they are participating in…
— David Bohm
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The battlefield is a scene of constant chaos. The winner will be the one who controls that chaos, both his…
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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I'm in a constant process of thinking about things.
— Richard Brautigan
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Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.
— Joyce Brothers
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That's gotta be the one remaining constant - jeans have gotta be tight, baby.
— Luke Bryan
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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime…
— Albert Camus
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