Quote by Samuel Johnson
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. – Samuel Johnson

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Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson

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Getting money is not all a mans business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. – Samuel Johnson

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Its with bad sentiments that one makes good novels. – Aldous Huxley

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Let me give you a definition of ethics: It is good to maintain and further life it is bad to damage and destroy life. – Albert Schweitzer

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Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires. – Bertrand Russell

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There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. – Mahatma Gandhi

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