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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon a

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. – 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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Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable. – Samuel Johnson

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Hope
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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library. – Samuel Johnson

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Libraries
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Other Quotes from
Equality
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All sports must be treated on the basis of equality. – Pierre de Coubertin

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Equality

Just as modern mass production requires the standardization of commodities, so the social process requires standardization of man, and this standardization is called equality. – Erich Fromm

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Equality

The land is ours. Its not European and we have taken it, we have given it to the rightful people… Those of white extraction who happen to be in the country and are farming are welcome to do so, but they must do so on the basis of equality. – Robert Mugabe

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Equality

For 25 years, it has been my privilege to represent the city of San Francisco and the great state of California to work to strengthen our vibrant middle class to secure opportunity and equality. – Nancy Pelosi

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Equality

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I guess, when you get down to it, a loving touch compensates for an unskilled hand about everywhere except in an airplane cockpit. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Past tense means you used to be nervous. – Source Unknown

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