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Samuel Johnson
A family is...
A family is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions.
A man of...
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Source: In Webster's...
Tis better to...
'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all...
A cow is...
A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.
Source:...
A fly, Sir,...
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse...
A man ought...
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little...
A man seldom...
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
A Frenchman must...
A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say...
A cucumber should...
A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for...
A lawyer has...
A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his...
A man who...
A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a...
A man who...
A man who is good enough to go to heaven, is good enough to be a clergyman.
Source:...
A decent provision...
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
Source: In...
A man is...
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks...
A wicked fellow...
A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.
A quibble is...
A quibble is to Shakespeare what luminous vapours are to the traveller: he follows it at all adventures; it is sure to...
A tavern chair...
A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity.
Source: Johnsonian Miscellanies,...
A man may...
A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Source: Life of...
A man who...
A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
A wise man...
A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favor...