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It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it read more

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Perfection Quotes,
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Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken
him a great deal of pains to read more

Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken
him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an
excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Stupidity Quotes,
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Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Disease Quotes,
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The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been read more

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: History Quotes,
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To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear,
To pour at will the counterfeited tear;
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To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear,
To pour at will the counterfeited tear;
And, as their patron hints the cold or heat,
To shake in dog-days, in December sweat.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Courtiers Quotes,
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