Quote by Samuel Johnson
Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and an

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue. – Samuel Johnson

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Observation
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Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Coffee (or Tea)
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. – Samuel Johnson

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Change
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Other Quotes from
Evangelism
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The worst behaved students turn out to be the most pious preachers. – Proverb

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Evangelism

Why should I apologize because God throws in crystal chandeliers, mahogany floors, and the best construction in the world? – Jim Bakker

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Evangelism

I preached as never sure to preach again, and as a dying man to dying men. – Richard Baxter

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Evangelism

The Christian missionary may preach the gospel to the poor naked heathen, but the spiritual heathen who populate Europe have as yet heard nothing of Christianity. – Carl Gustav Jung

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Evangelism

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Coffee makes me invincible. But when the cup is empty, I return to mere mortal. – Terri Guillemets

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Coffee

Luxury… corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. – Rousseau, The Social Contract, 1762

Category:
Prosperity

I was considered by my peers to be a good comedian. So thats all I ever strived to do was get some recognition from my peers. – Ron White

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good

Education should be one of our top funding priorities talking about it does not help the teachers and students who desperately need promises fulfilled. – Solomon Ortiz

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Education