"Slavery is now no where more patiently endured,……" — Samuel Johnson
"Slavery is now no where more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty"
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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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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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In some places women have all the rights they deserve and in others there are big restrictions - in some…
— Michelle Bachelet
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I don't want the United States to be in a global economy where our economic future is bound to that…
— Michele Bachmann
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I was a devil in other countries, and I was a little devil in America, too.
— Josephine Baker
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I'll put it frankly - Britain has more influence in China than Norway or Switzerland, with all respect for the…
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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Norway or Switzerland are two marvelous countries, I very much admire, the most advanced countries in the world in fact…
— Jose Manuel Barroso
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A country like Belgium, or socialist countries in central Europe spend more money on art education than the United States,…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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But the West is trying to weaken Islam from outside and inside. They attack our people and invade our countries…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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When people move from poor countries to America, they quickly adapt in at least one way - their consumption habits.
— Gary Bauer
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Countries around the world are celebrating new oil and natural gas discoveries that hold the promise of greater prosperity for…
— Bob Beauprez
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In expressing love we belong among the undeveloped countries.
— Saul Bellow
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I have, thanks to my travels, added to my stock all the superstitions of other countries. I know them all…
— Sarah Bernhardt
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