"The usual fortune of complaint is to excite……" — Samuel Johnson
"The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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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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More Complaining Quotes
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If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?'…
— Arthur Ashe
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My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how…
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Those who do not complain are never pitied.
— Jane Austen
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You will find in politics that you are much exposed to the attribution of false motive. Never complain and never…
— Stanley Baldwin
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Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month when I can be…
— Roseanne Barr
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We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to…
— Dave Barry
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God made a very obvious choice when he made me voluptuous; why would I go against what he decided for…
— Drew Barrymore
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I think 'Dilbert' will remain popular as long as employees are frustrated and they fear the consequences of complaining too…
— Scott Adams
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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I don't think I'm really in a situation to complain, because I consider myself to be privileged to be doing…
— David Beckham
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You can't complain about your dressing room or you'll look like Celine Dion.
— Adele
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