Samuel Johnson Quotes About Human Nature
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another; to dress and to undress, to eat and to sleep, are the same in London as in the country.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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