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A very unclubable man.Source: Referring to Sir John Hawkins. Life of Johnson, (J....
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About things on which the public thinks long it commonly thinks right.Source: In...
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.Source: Life of Johnson, (J....
A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like that of a slight bow or cursory salutation -- a...
Admiration must be kept up by the novelty that at first produce it; . . . there must always be the impression that...
All government is ultimately and essentially absolute.Source: Taxation No...
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.Source: --...
A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and...
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with...
Ah! Sir, a boy's being flogged is not so severe as a man's having the hiss of the world against...
Allow children to be happy their own way; for what better way will they ever find? More about this person...
All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.Source: Quoted in: James...
A vow is a snare for sin.Source: -- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784),...
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot...
All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to shew how much he can...
Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship...
All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know...
A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it...
By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by shewing that she made him so happy as a...
As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some...
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