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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Agriculture Quotes,
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An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.

An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Innocence Quotes,
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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and read more

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Suspicion Quotes,
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Memory Quotes,
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A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not read more

A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of
others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in
the same atmosphere with it.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Distrust Quotes,
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