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Samuel Johnson Quotes
«Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know That life protracted is protracted woe»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
hides, protract, protracted, protracting, protracts, shuns
«The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Mind
| Keywords:
operations, quickened, vigorous
«A merchant's desire is not of glory, but of gain; not of public wealth, but of private emolument; he is, therefore, rarely to be consulted about war and peace, or any designs of wide extent and distant consequence»
«Of the innumerable authors whose performances are thus treasured up in magnificent obscurity (in a library), most are forgotten, because they never deserved to be remembered»