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«He that suffers the slightest breach in his morality can seldom tell what shall enter it, or how wide it shall be made; when a passage is open, the influx of corruption is every moment wearing down opposition, and by slow degrees deluges the heart»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
breach, corruption, degrees, deluge, deluges, influx, passage, slightest, The Deluge, wear down
«Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.»
«Whoever envies another confesses his superiority»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Superiority
| Keywords:
confesses, envies, superiority
«What is easy is seldom excellent.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Doing Your Best
| Keywords:
excellent, seldom
«Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applauses which he cannot keep; so that scarcely can two persons meet, but one is offended or diverted by the ostentation of the other»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Life,
Relationships
| Keywords:
display, divert, diverted, diverting, diverts, offended, ostentation, scarcely, wastes
«A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see»
«The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Habit
| Keywords:
a thousand, bright, bright side, event, habit, pounded, pounding, pounds, year
«He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.»
«Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Discrimination,
Prejudice
| Keywords:
founded, prejudice, removed
«Life has no pleasure higher or nobler than that of friendship»
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