"I hope I shall never be deterred from……" — Samuel Johnson
"I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian."
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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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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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Love is a game in which one always cheats.
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There's so many different ways to cheat. People think infidelity is the way to cheat. I think it's sometimes far…
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The monsters of our childhood do not fade away, neither are they ever wholly monstrous. But neither, in my experience,…
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In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can.
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I am a citizen of the most beautiful nation on earth, a nation whose laws are harsh yet simple, a…
— Bernard Moitessier
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Golf is like solitaire. When you cheat, you cheat only yourself.
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You must never actually cheat the customer, even if you can. You must make her happy and satisfied, so she…
— Alexander Turney Stewart
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A gentleman is one who is too brave to lie, too generous to cheat, and who takes his share othe…
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Vice President Spiro Agnew can not cheat on his score : because all you have to do is look back…
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Golf does strange things to other people, too. It makes liars out of honest men, cheats out of altruists, cowards…
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Never lie; never cheat; never steal. Don't whine; don't complain; don't make excuses.
— John Wooden
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