"Slander is the revenge of a coward, and……" — Samuel Johnson
"Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense."
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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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When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and fools.
— Russell Baker
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Coward: One who, in a perilous emergency, thinks with his legs.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A dog barks when his master is attacked. I would be a coward if I saw that God's truth is…
— John Calvin
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Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended.
— George W. Bush
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Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.
— Julius Caesar
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He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.
— Albert Camus
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I heard a rumor I died, Murdered in cold blood dramatized, Pictures of me in my final state, You know…
— Tupac Shakur
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The day for the Negro man being a coward is over.
— James Meredith
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The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his…
— Cus D'Amato
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No coward soul is mine.
— Emily Bronte
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Good order makes men bold, and confusion, cowards.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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No thank you to all the bustas, cowards, and FAKE HOMIES who showed me the depths of jealousy, envy and…
— Tupac Shakur
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