Samuel Johnson Quotes
Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Knowledge is sometimes superfluous: when we need it, we have it not.
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Romantics consider common sense vulgar.
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I like my men like I like my coffee... incapable of loving me back.
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Tragedies come in the hungry hours.
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Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious.
