Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadfu… - Samuel Johnson

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Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason.

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Samuel Johnson (18 September 1709 [7 September O.S.] – 13 December 1784) was a British author, linguist and lexicographer. He is often referred to as simply Dr. Johnson in the history of literature and is regarded as the greatest man of letters in English history.

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Alternative Names: Dr Johnson • Dr. Johnson • Great Moralist

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Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye, and while we glide along the stream of time, whatever we leave behind us is always lessening, and that which we approach increasing in magnitude.

الصمت ينشر نفسه، وكلما زادت فترة الإعراض عن الكلام، صعب على المرء أن يجد ما يقوله

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

Of the uncertainties of our present state, the most dreadful and alarming is the uncertain continuance of reason. - Samuel Johnson

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