"Sir, there is no settling the point of……" — Samuel Johnson
"Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea."
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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 Flea Quotes
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The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to…
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I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who…
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Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a man were obliged to run down all the innuendoes, inveracities, and…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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A hollow edifice erected for the habitation of man, rat, mouse, beetle, cockroach, fly, mosquito, flea, bacillus, and microbe.
— Ambrose Bierce
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To be born, to live and to die is merely to change forms... And what does one form matter any…
— John Dewey
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Forgiveness is not simply the absolving of an enemy, or one who has done us wrong. Forgiveness must encompass all…
— Barbara Wood
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The kid makes you sick. He looks the part, he walks the part, he is the part. He's six-foot something,…
— Cristiano Ronaldo
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When I go to a country, I go to flea markets, antique stores. I am always looking for something.
— Ursula Andress
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I adore vintage clothes. When I go on the road doing auditions for So You Think You Can Dance, I…
— Cat Deeley
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The world we inhabit is abundant beyond our wildest imagination. There are trees, dreams, sunrises; there are thunderstorms, shadows, rivers;…
— Paul Feyerabend
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I don't intend to be a performing flea any more. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I…
— John Lennon
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Sensitivity isn't about being wimpy. It's about being so painfully aware that a flea landing on a dog is like…
— Jeff Buckley
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