Samuel Johnson quotes - page 6

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. (Samuel Johnson)
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. View quote
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There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified, and new prejudices to be opposed. View quote
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Sir, the insolence of wealth will creep out. View quote
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The first years of man make provision for the last. View quote
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That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one. View quote
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It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm. View quote
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Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility. View quote
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A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone. View quote
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From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end. View quote
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Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice. (Samuel Johnson)
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example. View quote
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A man used to vicissitudes is not easily dejected. View quote
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Of ghosts All argument is against it but all belief is for it. View quote
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This world, where much is to be done and little to be known. View quote
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Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their differences are trivial, and rather political than religious. View quote
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I fly from pleasure,' said the prince, 'because pleasure has ceased to please I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others. View quote
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Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. View quote
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PATRON One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery. View quote
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Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. View quote
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The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life. (Samuel Johnson)
It is as bad as bad can be it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest. View quote
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A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk. View quote
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This was a good enough dinner, to be sure but it was not a dinner to ask a man to. View quote
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Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment. View quote
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