5 Quotes by Samuel Johnson about focus


  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a perpetual equipoise, and the mind fluctuates between different purposes without determination.

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