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

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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Business
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Dont think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. – Samuel Johnson

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Retirement
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As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. – Voltaire

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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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In creating the human brain, evolution has wildly overshot the mark. – Arthur Koestler

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Man is the only trained animal who expects his reward before he does his trick. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Men long for an afterlife in which there apparently is nothing to do but delight in heavens wonders. – Louis D. Brandeis

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The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your own body and get interested in someone else s. – Goodman Ace

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People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election cant fix. – Sarah Palin

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Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. – John Cheever

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