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

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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Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them. – Samuel Johnson

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Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other. – Samuel Johnson

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I like the religion that teaches liberty, equality and fraternity. – B. R. Ambedkar

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Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other. – Mary Douglas

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Americans are so enamored of equality that they would rather be equal in slavery than unequal in freedom. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody – but to join together and build Bolivia, with justice and equality. – Evo Morales

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Our minds are lazier than our bodies. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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Youre safer in the race car than you are in cars going to and from the track. – Mario Andretti

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I also dont have organized religion on Pern. I figured – since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing – that religion was one problem Pern didnt need. – Anne McCaffrey

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