Quote by Samuel Johnson
There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advan

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

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. – Samuel Johnson

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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. – Samuel Johnson

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Even from a very early age, I knew I didnt want to miss out on anything life had to offer just because it might be considered dangerous. – Nicole Kidman

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I am getting to an age when I can only enjoy the last sport left. It is called hunting for your spectacles. – Edward Grey

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We are living in the machine age. For the first time in history the comedian has been compelled to supply himself with jokes and comedy material to compete with the machine. Whether he knows it or not, the comedian is on a treadmill to oblivion. – Fred Allen

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He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. – Plato

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A smile confuses an approaching frown. – Author Unknown

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Education should be exercise; it has become massage. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. – Aristotle

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