Quote by Samuel Johnson
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we

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

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Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. – Samuel Johnson

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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson

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Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts. – James Russell Lowell

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A mans worth is no greater than his ambitions. – Marcus Aurelius

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A book has got smell. A new book smells great. An old book smells even better. An old book smells like ancient Egypt. – Ray Bradbury

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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had. – Carlos Ghosn

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When money speaks the truth is silent. – Proverb

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If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs. – Oliver Herford

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