19 Quotes by Samuel Johnson about littles
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He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.
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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
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Discord generally operates in little things; it is inflamed ... by contrariety of taste oftener than principles.
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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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Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears.
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A family ... is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.
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The dependant who cultivates delicacy in himself very little consults his own tranquillity.
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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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