"The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of……" — Samuel Johnson
"The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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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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The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve…
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There is no question that Francis was in advance of his age, as he anticipated all that is liberal and…
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A short time ago the demagogues blamed capitalism for the poverty of the masses. Today they rather blame capitalism for…
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It is not our affluence, or our plumbing, or our clogged freeways that grip the imagination of others. Rather, it…
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It is not a charity but a right, not bounty but justice, that I am pleading for. The present state…
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From the fact of general well-being came the new position of the poor. They were now in most communities a…
— John Kenneth Galbraith
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The most remarkable aspect of the transition we are living through is not so much the passage from want to…
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I am unpersuaded that relative poverty and hard work are greater adversities than relative affluence and free time.
— Dallin H. Oaks
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Affluence includes money but is not just money. It is the abundance, the flow, the generosity of the universe, where…
— Deepak Chopra
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