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Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more

Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Pity Quotes,
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For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.

For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Eating Quotes,
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer read more

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Wisdom Quotes,
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The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Life Quotes,
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I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do read more

I remember a passage in Goldsmith's "Vicar of Wakefield," which
he was afterwards fool enough to expunge: "I do not love a man
who is zealous for nothing."

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Zeal Quotes,
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