"With what hope can we endeavor to persuade……" — Samuel Johnson
"With what hope can we endeavor to persuade the ladies that the time spent at the toilet is lost in vanity."
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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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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.
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Raising children is a creative endeavor, an art rather than a science.
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I have a message for the young kids. Life is about obstacles, endeavors in life are not to be overlooked.
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The conquering of adversity produces strength of character, forges self-confidence, engenders self-respect, and assures success in righteous endeavor.
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If it requires a uniform, it's a worthless endeavor.
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All truth is one. In this light, may science and religion endeavor here for the steady evolution of mankind, from…
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Sports create a bond between comtemporaries that lasts a lifetime. It also gives your life structure, discipline and a genuine,…
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He who prays as he ought will endeavor to live as he prays.
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