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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Kindness Quotes,
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Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Conversation Quotes,
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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Life Quotes,
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Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Continuing a short series on prayer: read more

Commemoration of James Hannington, Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa, Martyr in Uganda, 1885 Continuing a short series on prayer: Madness frequently discovers itself merely by unnecessary deviation from the usual modes of the world. My poor friend Christopher Smart showed the disturbance of his mind, by falling upon his knees, and saying his prayers in the street, or in any other unusual place. Now although, rationally speaking, it is greater madness not to pray at all, than to pray as Smart did, I am afraid there are so many who do not pray, that their understanding is not called in question... I did not think he ought to be shut up. His infirmities were not noxious to society. He insisted on people praying with him; and I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as any.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Christianity Quotes,
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life read more

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Cities Quotes,
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