"It is the just doom of laziness and……" — Samuel Johnson
"It is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility."
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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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People talk about doom-laden scenarios happening in the future: they are happening in Africa now. You can see it perfectly…
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You hear doom and gloom about the Internet ruining young people's command of English - that's nonsense.
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The earth was cursed for Adam's sake. Work is our blessing, not our doom. God has a work to do,…
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Trends in circulation and advertising - the rise of the Internet, which has made the daily newspaper look slow and…
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Greater dooms win greater destinies.
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Alas, regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond…
— Thomas Gray
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His whole being radiates a pure, wild sweetness, flitting through night woods with little melodious cries, on some cryptic errand.…
— William S. Burroughs
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This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came…
— Janet Morris
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Let us contemplate our forefathers, and posterity, and resolve to maintain the rights bequeathed to us from the former, for…
— Samuel Adams
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Those that think that wealth is the proper thing for them cannot give up their revenues; those that seek distinction…
— Zhuangzi
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What doesn't bend must break, when dooms are apportioned and destiny takes the lead. As it will now, and as…
— Janet Morris
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No cause has he to say his doom is harsh, who's made the master of his destiny.
— Friedrich Schiller
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