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Quote DB :: Authors :: Samuel Johnson :: View Quote View Quote "A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Samuel Johnson Listed in: Genius Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.75  Rate Quote 4 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Samuel Johnson "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." "A second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience." "Sex: the expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting." "Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain; and expectations improperly indulged must end in disappointment." "Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it." Top 5 quotes from Genius "Jealousy is the tribute mediocrity pays to genius." "Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay." "Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius." "When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him." "Talent does what it can; genius does what it must."

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