Samuel Johnson Quotes About Sacrifice
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As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now stand, can be certain that he shall not be soon thrown down from his elevation by criticism or caprice, the common interest of learning requires that her sons should cease from intestine hostilities, and, instead of sacrificing each other to malice and contempt, endeavour to avert persecution from the meanest of their fraternity.
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The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.
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Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.
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High people, sir, are the best; take a hundred ladies of quality, you'll find them better wives, better mothers, more willing to sacrifice their own pleasures to their children, than a hundred other woman.
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