Samuel Johnson quotes - page 18

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. (Samuel Johnson)
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority. View quote
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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home. View quote
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So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something. View quote
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I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual. View quote
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Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. View quote
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There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex. View quote
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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil. View quote
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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. View quote
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The two offices of memory are collection and distribution. View quote
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There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. (Samuel Johnson)
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. View quote
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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. View quote
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The true art of memory is the art of attention. View quote
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The future is purchased by the present. View quote
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. View quote
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Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. View quote
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment. View quote
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. View quote
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The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. View quote
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. (Samuel Johnson)
What is easy is seldom excellent. View quote
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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. View quote
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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. View quote
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The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. View quote
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