"Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty…" — Samuel Johnson
"Reproof should not exhaust its power upon petty failings."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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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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Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.
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Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come Again in this…
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The catalogue of forms is endless: until every shape has found its city, new cities will continue to be born.…
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All the efforts of the human mind cannot exhaust the essence of a single fly.
— Thomas Aquinas
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When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease,…
— Sun Tzu
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We live longer than our forefathers; but we suffer more from a thousand artificial anxieties and cares. They fatigued only…
— Edward George, Baron George
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Edison was by far the most successful and, probably, the last exponent of the purely empirical method of investigation. Everything…
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Remember, intelligence is not part of the mind. Intellect is, but intelligence is not; hence, the intellectual is full of…
— Rajneesh
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An aspiration is a joy forever, a possession as solid as a landed estate, a fortune which we can never…
— Robert Louis Stevenson
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When I do things my way, I exhaust pleasure very quickly. It is not that Christianity has failed to teach…
— Ravi Zacharias
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The rapid growth of industry, the ever increasing population and the imperative need for more varied, wholesome and nourishing foodstuff…
— George Washington Carver
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In the absence of a subject with which you are passionately involved, and without the excitement that drives you to…
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