"We seldom learn the true want of what……" — Samuel Johnson
"We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more."
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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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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
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To my utter despair I have discovered, and discover every day anew, that there is in the masses no revolutionary…
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Even in the darkest regions, people have discovered their right of freedom.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as…
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Opportunity ideas do not lie around waiting to be discovered. Such ideas need to be produced.
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