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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. - Sa

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – Samuel Johnson

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Knowledge
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Samuel Johnson
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed. – Samuel Johnson

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Reputation
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Samuel Johnson
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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. – Samuel Johnson

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Language
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Whats done to children, they will do to society. – Karl A. Menninger

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Society

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society thats making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? – John Lennon

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Society

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

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Society

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one – You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers. – Abbe Pierre

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Society

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Intelligence is quickness to apprehend as distinct form ability, which is capacity to act wisely on the thing apprehended. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning. – Gerry Cooney

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Being a press secretary is like learning to type: Youre hunting and pecking for a while and then you find yourself doing the touch system and dont realize it. Youre speaking for the president without ever having to go to him. – Larry Speakes

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Learning

In Fargo, they say, well, thats a job. How well do you get paid? For example, for this book I was written about in Entertainment Weekly, and it was kind of cool because my mom asked me if Entertainment Weekly was a magazine or a newspaper. – Chuck Klosterman

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cool