"The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous……" — Samuel Johnson
"The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm."
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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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