19 Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Littles



  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Discord generally operates in little things; it is inflamed ... by contrariety of taste oftener than principles.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

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    The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit and intrepidity, to which we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can we often yield as to a resistless power; nor can he reasonably expect the confidence of others who too apparently distrusts himself.

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