"Faults and defects every work of man must…" — Samuel Johnson
"Faults and defects every work of man must have."
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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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Our souls may lose their peace and even disturb other people's, if we are always criticizing trivial actions - which…
— Teresa of Avila
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Our body has this defect that, the more it is provided care and comforts, the more needs and desires it…
— Teresa of Avila
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All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want…
— John Adams
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In truth, to know oneself seems to be the hardest of all things. Not only our eye, which observes external…
— Saint Basil
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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It is easier to confess a defect than to claim a quality.
— Max Beerbohm
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There's a gender in your brain and a gender in your body. For 99 percent of people, those things are…
— Chaz Bono
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At 30 a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects…
— Albert Camus
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I'm used to always deciding everything myself. It's a blessing, but also a terrible defect.
— Roberto Cavalli
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I'm a man with many defects. I love. I sing. I dream. I was born in the poor countryside. I…
— Hugo Chavez
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As regards the individual nature, woman is defective and misbegotten, for the active power of the male seed tends to…
— Thomas Aquinas
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Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather…
— Margaret Halsey
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