Samuel Johnson

The greatest part...

The greatest part...

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to...

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The return of...

The return of...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity...

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This world where...

This world where...

This world where much is to be done and little to be known.

Source: Prayers &...

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This mournful truth...

This mournful truth...

This mournful truth is ev'rywhere confessed,
Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.


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The usual fortune...

The usual fortune...

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

Source:
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The superiority of...

The superiority of...

The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are...

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The true art...

The true art...

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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To Oliver Goldsmith,...

To Oliver Goldsmith,...

To Oliver Goldsmith, A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, and touched...

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This was a...

This was a...

This was a good enough dinner, to be sure; but it was not a dinner to ask a man to.

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The world will...

The world will...

The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected,...

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Their learning is...

Their learning is...

Their learning is like bread in a besieged town: every man gets a little, but no man gets a full...

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The true, strong...

The true, strong...

The true, strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and...

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To a poet...

To a poet...

To a poet nothing can be useless.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Tomorrow is an...

Tomorrow is an...

Tomorrow is an old deceiver, and his cheat never grows stale.

Source: Letter, 24...

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There are charms...

There are charms...

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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There can be...

There can be...

There can be no friendship without confidence, an no confidence without integrity.

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The two great...

The two great...

The two great movers of the human mind are the desire for good, and the fear of evil.

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To the strongest...

To the strongest...

To the strongest and quickest mind, it is far easier to learn than to invent.

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Was there ever...

Was there ever...

Was there ever yet anything written by mere man that was wished longer by its readers, excepting Don Quixote, Robinson...

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There are minds...

There are minds...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits,...

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