"Whoever envies another confesses his superiority." — Samuel Johnson
"Whoever envies another confesses his superiority."
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
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- The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
- Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
- To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
- The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
- Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
- The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
- Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
- Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
- The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
- He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…