Samuel Johnson Quotes
Goldsmith, however, was a man who whatever he wrote, did it better than any other man could do.
Samuel Johnson
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The wise will determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable from sensibility to oppression; the high-minded from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.
Edmund Burke
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C'est une maladie naturelle à l'homme de croire qu'il possède la vérité directement…
Blaise Pascal
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A sense of utter loneliness-loneliness inevitable, crushing, eternal, the loneliness of existence, encompassed by the infinite void of unconsciousness-enfolded him as a pall. Life lay like an incubus on his bosom. He shuddered at the thought that death might overlook him, and deny him its refuge.
Edward Bellamy
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We say in popular speech that we come into this world, but we do nothing of the kind. We come out of it. In the same way as the fruit comes out of the tree, the egg from the chicken, and the baby from the womb, we are symptomatic of the universe. Just as in the retina there are myriads of little nerve endings, we are the nerve endings of the universe.
Alan Watts
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The best instruction is that which uses the least words sufficient for the task.
Maria Montessori
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Rush Limbaugh is a has-been hypocrite loser, who craves attention. His right-wing lunacy sounds like Mikhail Gorbachev, extolling the virtues of communism. Limbaugh actually was more lucid when he was a drug addict. If America ever did 1% of what he wanted us to do, then we'd all need pain killers.
Alan Grayson
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Work hard, stay positive, and get up early. It's the best part of the day.
George Allen, Sr.
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The sun doesn't determine the brightness of the day, you do.
Kayla Mueller
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The Westerns have probably affected me more than any one thing, Western-related material. I love Westerns.
Joe R. Lansdale
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In my household growing up in Fayetteville, N.C., music was the great communicator between my parents and me.
Brian Tyree Henry
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I like neurotic people. I like troubled people. Not that I don't like squared-away people, but I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.
Stephen Sondheim
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Goldsmith, however, was a man who whatever he wrote, did it better than any other man could do.
Samuel Johnson
