"Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are……" — Samuel Johnson
"Though the discoveries or acquisitions of man are not always adequate to the expectations of his pride, they are at least sufficient to animate his industry"
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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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All the acquisitions or losses wrought by nature on individuals, through the influence of the environment in which their race…
— Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
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The entire routine of our memorized acquisitions is a consequence of nothing but the Law of Contiguity. The words of…
— William James
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A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody…
— Charles Lamb
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Everyone alters and is altered by everyone else. We are all the time taking in portions of one another or…
— Gerald Brenan
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We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and…
— Samuel Johnson
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In the company of friends, writers can discuss their books, economists the state of the economy, lawyers their latest cases,…
— Alfred Adler
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We have to start with a ban on the manufacturing and import of handguns. From there we register the guns…
— Major Owens
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Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.
— William Gilmore Simms
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If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material…
— George Washington
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We're looking to have the ability to come in and be able to capitalize on the marketing in order to…
— John B. Larson
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When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and…
— John Flavel
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In order to grow at this pace, there will have to be a couple of acquisitions along the way. The…
— Larry Ellison
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