"Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what……" — Samuel Johnson
"Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform, and distinct"
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Samuel Johnson
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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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More Distinct Quotes
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Good-humoured, unaffected girls, will not do for a man who has been used to sensible women. They are two distinct…
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite…
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As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic…
— John Berger
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In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.
— Mortimer Adler
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Man has no Body distinct from his Soul; for that called Body is a portion of Soul discerned by the…
— William Blake
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Straight-away the ideas flow in upon me, directly from God, and not only do I see distinct themes in my…
— Johannes Brahms
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No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him distinct…
— George Washington Carver
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Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.
— Paul Cezanne
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'Woman on the Plaza,' with its distinct horizon, snow-like surfaces, wintry wall, stunning sunlight, sharp shadows, and hurrying figure, would…
— Sam Abell
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We profess to teach the principles and practice of medicine, or, in other words, the science and art of medicine.…
— Unknown Author
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If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.…
— Sun Tzu
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It equally proves, that though individual oppression may now and then proceed from the courts of justice, the general liberty…
— Alexander Hamilton
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