Samuel Johnson quotes - page 2

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. (Samuel Johnson)
When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation. View quote
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. View quote
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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. View quote
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. View quote
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. View quote
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What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. View quote
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. View quote
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He who praises everybody, praises nobody. View quote
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. View quote
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Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. (Samuel Johnson)
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. View quote
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One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. View quote
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. View quote
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. View quote
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The world is not yet exhaused let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. View quote
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Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound; great debts are like cannon, of loud noise but little danger. View quote
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To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. View quote
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. View quote
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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. View quote
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Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. (Samuel Johnson)
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good. View quote
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It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting one of them. View quote
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Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? View quote
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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. View quote
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