Samuel Johnson

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Samuel Johnson

nature

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.

Samuel Johnson

nature

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Samuel Johnson

nature

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson

patriotism

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Samuel Johnson

poetry

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.

Samuel Johnson

politics

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

Samuel Johnson

power

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

Samuel Johnson

power

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Samuel Johnson

power

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Samuel Johnson

power

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