Samuel Johnson Quotes about Tragedy

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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.

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"Johnsoniana: Or, Supplement to Boswell: Being Anecdotes and Sayings of Dr. Johnson".

Nothing is more common than for men to make partial and absurd distinctions between vices of equal enormity, and to observe some of the divine commands with great scrupulousness, while they violate others, equally important, without any concern, or the least apparent conciousness of guilt. Alas, it is only wisdom which perceives this tragedy.

Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Tragedy

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