"The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs……" — Samuel Johnson
"The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us."
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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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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
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Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above…
— Honore de Balzac
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There are other ways of finding satisfaction, recipes for human happiness, enjoyment, dignified and meaningful, gratifying life, than increased consumption…
— Zygmunt Bauman
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret…
— Joseph Addison
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship…
— Joseph Addison
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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment…
— Walter Benjamin
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Heaven would indeed be heaven if lovers were there permitted as much enjoyment as they had experienced on earth.
— Giovanni Boccaccio
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Felicity, the companion of content, is rather found in our own breasts than in the enjoyment of external things; and…
— Daniel Boone
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The whole period has taught me that I enjoy being part of an ensemble rather than just a front man.…
— Damon Albarn
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The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act…
— William Jennings Bryan
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All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
— Edmund Burke
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A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to…
— Fanny Burney
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