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Quote by Samuel Johnson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. – Samuel Johnson

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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. – Samuel Johnson

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God has given a great deal to man, but man would like something from man. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love. – George Bernard Shaw

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I am not a human being; I am a human becoming. – Author Unknown

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We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. – Stephen Hawking

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The love of truth lies at the root of much humor. – Robertson Davies

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There is no national science just as there is no national multiplication table; what is national is no longer science. – Anton Chekhov

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The ultimate folly is to think that something crucial to your welfare is being taken care of for you. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I would say that there is no future for literary studies as such in the United States. – Harold Bloom

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