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

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. – Samuel Johnson

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Apathy
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When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. – Samuel Johnson

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Tragedy
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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 is the shadow of virtue. – Proverb

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I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, and from that full meridian of my glory I haste now to my setting. – William Shakespeare

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Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave? – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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