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Samuel Johnson quotes: That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.
Samuel Johnson quotes: I have always said the first Whig was the Devil. I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees. Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again. Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent. Ignorance, when voluntary, is criminal, and a man may be properly charged with that evil which he neglected or refused to learn how to prevent.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail. Studious to please, yet not ashamed to fail.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct. Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.
Samuel Johnson quotes: New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.
Samuel Johnson quotes: You can never be wise unless you love reading. You can never be wise unless you love reading.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy. Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
Samuel Johnson quotes: A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect. Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means of procuring respect.
Samuel Johnson quotes: It is necessary to hope ... for hope itself is happiness. It is necessary to hope ... for hope itself is happiness.
Samuel Johnson quotes: He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The majority of a society is the true definition of the public. The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression.
Samuel Johnson quotes: There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of those minds, that admit sounds, without their meaning. The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of those minds, that admit sounds, without their meaning.
Samuel Johnson quotes: It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison. Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted it in poison.
Samuel Johnson quotes: There are charms made only for distant admiration. There are charms made only for distant admiration.
Samuel Johnson quotes: I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it
Samuel Johnson quotes: The civilities of the great are never thrown away. The civilities of the great are never thrown away.
Samuel Johnson quotes: In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence. In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid. Domestic discord is not inevitably and fatally necessary; but yet it is not easy to avoid.
Samuel Johnson quotes: He that has too much to do will do something wrong. He that has too much to do will do something wrong.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Pride is undoubtedly the original of anger; but pride, like every other passion, if it once breaks loose from reason, counteracts its own purposes. Pride is undoubtedly the original of anger; but pride, like every other passion, if it once breaks loose from reason, counteracts its own purposes.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze. Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
Samuel Johnson quotes: No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it. No man can fall into contempt but those who deserve it.
Samuel Johnson quotes: When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather. When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others. Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our faults from ourselves, but persuades us that they escape the notice of others.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health. Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.
Samuel Johnson quotes: As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it. As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own dignity, to retract it as soon as he discovers it.
Samuel Johnson quotes: There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man. There is no book so poor that it would not be a prodigy if wholly made by a single man.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot. Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.
Samuel Johnson quotes: This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
Samuel Johnson quotes: I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered. The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England! The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
Samuel Johnson quotes: Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Avarice is always poor. Avarice is always poor.
Samuel Johnson quotes: None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame. None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.
Samuel Johnson quotes: An exotic and irrational entertainment, which has been always combated, and always has prevailed. An exotic and irrational entertainment, which has been always combated, and always has prevailed.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The true art of memory, is the art of attention The true art of memory, is the art of attention
Samuel Johnson quotes: Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands. Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands.
Samuel Johnson quotes: I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with. Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Misfortunes should always be expected. Misfortunes should always be expected.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
Samuel Johnson quotes: Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it. Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it.
Samuel Johnson quotes: To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed. To prevent evil is the great end of government, the end for which vigilance and severity are properly employed.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting. Beauty, without kindness, dies unenjoyed and undelighting.
Samuel Johnson quotes: He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption. He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption.
Samuel Johnson quotes: When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them. When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.
Samuel Johnson quotes: What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company. What provokes your risibility, Sir? Have I said anything that you understand? Then I ask pardon of the rest of the company.
Samuel Johnson quotes: To correspond to; to suit with. In water face answereth to face: so the heart of man to man.BibleProv.xxvii. 19.7. To correspond to; to suit with. In water face answereth to face: so the heart of man to man.BibleProv.xxvii. 19.7.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other. Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Depend upon it, the want of it never fails to produce something disagreeable to one or other.
Samuel Johnson quotes: A man must assume the moral burden of his own boredom. A man must assume the moral burden of his own boredom.
Samuel Johnson quotes: All history was at first oral. All history was at first oral.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Grief is a species of idleness. Grief is a species of idleness.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage. Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.
Samuel Johnson quotes: You cannot, by all the lecturing in the world, enable a man to make a shoe. You cannot, by all the lecturing in the world, enable a man to make a shoe.
Samuel Johnson quotes: It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good; It is the fate of those who toil at the lower employments of life, to be rather driven by the fear of evil, than attracted by the prospect of good;
Samuel Johnson quotes: Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion. Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion.
Samuel Johnson quotes: In the description of night in Macbeth, the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of darkness - inspissated gloom. In the description of night in Macbeth, the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of darkness - inspissated gloom.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend. Officious, innocent, sincere, Of every friendless name the friend.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Women can spin very well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery. Women can spin very well, but they cannot write a good book of cookery.
Samuel Johnson quotes: It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest. It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
Samuel Johnson quotes: I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney. I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
Samuel Johnson quotes: To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocencean exemption granted only to invariable virtue. To dread no eye and to suspect no tongue is the great prerogative of innocence
an exemption granted only to invariable virtue.
Samuel Johnson quotes: O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Samuel Johnson quotes: To make dictionaries is dull work. To make dictionaries is dull work.
Samuel Johnson quotes: No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Love has no great influences upon the sum of life. Love has no great influences upon the sum of life.
Samuel Johnson quotes: If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system. If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
Samuel Johnson quotes: As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor. As the mind must govern the hands, so in every society the man of intelligence must direct the man of labor.
Samuel Johnson quotes: All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson quotes: People in general do not willingly read if they have anything else to amuse them. People in general do not willingly read if they have anything else to amuse them.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud. Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil. Some have little power to do good, and have likewise little strength to resist evil.
Samuel Johnson quotes: From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise
Samuel Johnson quotes: The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men. The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men.
Samuel Johnson quotes: I look upon it that a man who does not mind his stomach would hardly mind anything else. I look upon it that a man who does not mind his stomach would hardly mind anything else.
Samuel Johnson quotes: To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day
Samuel Johnson quotes: The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit. The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.
Samuel Johnson quotes: It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability. It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
Samuel Johnson quotes: The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Samuel Johnson quotes: No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a public library. No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes, than a public library.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well. Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.
Samuel Johnson quotes: Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Samuel Johnson quotes: To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which if not a virtue, is the groundwork of a virtue. To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence, which if not a virtue, is the groundwork of a virtue.
Samuel Johnson quotes: He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience.

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