"Sir, we are a nest of singing birds" — Samuel Johnson
"Sir, we are a nest of singing birds"
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Samuel Johnson
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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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More Birds Quotes
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What I am interested in with birds, just as I am with spiders or monkeys, is what they do and…
— David Attenborough
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Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone…
— David Attenborough
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Birds are the most popular group in the animal kingdom. We feed them and tame them and think we know…
— David Attenborough
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I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime…
— John James Audubon
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It is a matter of shame that in the morning the birds should be awake earlier than you.
— Abu Bakr
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
— Lynda Barry
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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long…
— John Adams
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Some tribes of birds will relieve and rear up the young and helpless, of their own and other tribes, when…
— William Bartram
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The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no…
— Eric Berne
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There are joys which long to be ours. God sends ten thousands truths, which come about us like birds seeking…
— Henry Ward Beecher
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
— George Best
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Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
— Eubie Blake
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