"The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and……" — Samuel Johnson
"The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man would be rich, powerful, and famous; yet fame, power, and riches, are only the names of relative conditions, which imply the obscurity, dependence, and poverty of greater numbers."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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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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