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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. - Samuel

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. – Samuel Johnson

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Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson

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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – Samuel Johnson

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The glory of a nation and an age is always the work of a few great persons, and it disappears with them. – Baron Grimm

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No statement about God is simply, literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined in ordinary language, or pinned down to any particular happening. – David Jenkins

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Glory paid to our ashes comes too late. – Marcus Valerius Martial

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The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head. – Bible

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