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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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Happiness
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Samuel Johnson
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Reputation
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Samuel Johnson
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Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Murder
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Samuel Johnson
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Glory
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The final event to himself has been, that as he rose like a rocket, he fell like the stick. – Thomas Paine

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Glory

Military glory –the attractive rainbow that rises in showers of blood. – Abraham Lincoln

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Glory

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

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Glory

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

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Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors. – James Madison

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I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great. And I was about five! – Sally Hawkins

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dad

If I am what I have and if I lose what I have who then am I? – Erich Fromm

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Beware of one who has nothing to lose. – Italian Proverb

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