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Quote by Samuel Johnson
I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the a

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Happiness
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Samuel Johnson
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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. – Samuel Johnson

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Broken Hearts
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Samuel Johnson
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Mr. Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts, and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. – Oliver Cromwell

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Portraits

There are only two styles of portrait painting; the serious and the smirk. – Charles Dickens

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Portraits

Most of our modern portrait painters are doomed to absolute oblivion. They never paint what they see. They paint what the public sees, and the public never sees anything. – Oscar Wilde

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Portraits

Few persons who have ever sat for a portrait can have felt anything but inferior while the process is going on. – Anthony Powell

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Portraits

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Mr. DeMilles theory of sexual difference was that marriage is an artificial state for women. The want to be taken, ruled, raped. That was his theory. – Hedy Lamarr

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As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really dont know whats happening sometimes next week, let alone this year. – Matthew Macfadyen

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alone

Religion often partakes of the myth of progress that shields us from the terrors of an uncertain future. – Frank Herbert

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Future

The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor. – Christian Nevell Bovee

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Planning