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Quote by Samuel Johnson
There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man.

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. – Samuel Johnson

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Cruelty
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Samuel Johnson
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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. – Samuel Johnson

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Age
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Samuel Johnson
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Other Quotes from
Art
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We work in the dark – we do what we can – we give what we have. Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task. The rest is the madness of art. – Henry James

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Art

Sculpture is the art of the intelligence. – Pablo Picasso

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Art

Oh literature, oh the glorious Art, how it preys upon the marrow in our bones. It scoops the stuffing out of us, and chucks us aside. Alas! – David Herbert Lawrence

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Art

Art attracts us only by what it reveals of our most secret self. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Art

Random Quotes

I only have one child. But I am learning that there is a lot to being a parent that you did not expect. – Dee Snider

Category:
Learning

My fault, my failure, is not in the passions I have, but in my lack of control of them. – Jack Kerouac

Category:
Failure

All of us need to grow continuously in our lives. – Les Brown

Category:
Growth

Unfortunately things are different in climate science because the arguments have become heavily politicised. To say that the dogmas are wrong has become politically incorrect. – Freeman Dyson

Category:
Science