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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation — a proof of unwillingness to do much, even where there is a necessity of doing something. – Samuel Johnson

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Letters (writing)
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Samuel Johnson
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Time
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Samuel Johnson
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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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Women
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Sheer flattery got me into the theater. Flattery always works with me, particularly the flattery of women. – Carroll OConnor

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Women

Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember. – Author Unknown

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Women

You women could make someone fall in love even with a lie. – Georg Buchner

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Women

I measure the progress of a community by the degree of progress which women have achieved. – B. R. Ambedkar

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But the same intelligence compels Germany to practise the same policy. – Pierre Laval

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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. – Baltasar Gracian

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Libraries and books are a big part of my life. Like a lot of inwardly drawn young people, I spent a lot of time in libraries…. There were no parents there, no one I knew, and the solitude was a great relief. – Henry Rollins, “Empowerment Through Libraries,” November 2013, LAWeekly [Swoon!

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The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure. – B.C. Forbes

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