Samuel Johnson

Worth seeing? yes;...

Worth seeing? yes;...

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.

Source: Referring to the Giant's...

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Were it not...

Were it not...

Were it not for imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a...

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Why, Sir, most...

Why, Sir, most...

Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

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You raise your...

You raise your...

You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.

Source: Critique of...

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Wine makes a...

Wine makes a...

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. . . . This is...

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You find no...

You find no...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is...

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Whoever thinks of...

Whoever thinks of...

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Source: Quoted...

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Wine gives a...

Wine gives a...

Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out...

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Your levellers wish...

Your levellers wish...

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to...

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Without economy none...

Without economy none...

Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.

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--...

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Youth enters the...

Youth enters the...

Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favour. She imagines herself not only certain of...

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Wonder is the...

Wonder is the...

Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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[Golf is] a...

[Golf is] a...

[Golf is] a game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of...

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Your manuscript is...

Your manuscript is...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is...

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You may abuse...

You may abuse...

You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though...

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