Samuel Johnson

I would advise...

I would advise...

I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and...

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It is dangerous...

It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for moral beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a...

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In a time...

In a time...

In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At...

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If pleasure was...

If pleasure was...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Source: The Idler, no....

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Hunger is never...

Hunger is never...

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments,...

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I would not...

I would not...

I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the...

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It is the...

It is the...

It is the only sensual pleasure without vice.

Source: Quoted in: Anecdotes by...

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In lapidary inscriptions...

In lapidary inscriptions...

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.

Source: Quoted in: James Boswell,...

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Illness makes a...

Illness makes a...

Illness makes a man a scoundrel.

Source: Letter to Fanny Burney, Jan 1788
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I hate a...

I hate a...

I hate a fellow whom pride, or cowardice, or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but...

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If I had...

If I had...

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a...

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It is wonderful...

It is wonderful...

It is wonderful when a calculation is made, how little the mind is actually employed in the discharge of any...

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It is a...

It is a...

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have...

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In all pointed...

In all pointed...

In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.

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I have always...

I have always...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man were to go by chance at the same time with Burke under a shed, to shun a shower, he would say - 'this is an...

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It is, indeed,...

It is, indeed,...

It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or...

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It is burning...

It is burning...

It is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew light at Calais.

Source:...

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It is as...

It is as...

It is as bad as bad can be: it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.

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I have got...

I have got...

I have got no further than this: Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right...

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