Samuel Johnson

Always, Sir, set...

Always, Sir, set...

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship...

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All knowledge is...

All knowledge is...

All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know...

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A woman's preaching...

A woman's preaching...

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...

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By taking a...

By taking a...

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by shewing that she made him so happy as a...

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As to the...

As to the...

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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An injustice anywhere...

An injustice anywhere...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

Source:
-- Samuel Johnson,...

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But if he...

But if he...

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses...

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All theory is...

All theory is...

All theory is against freedom of the will, all experience for it.

Source: Boswell's...

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Christianity is the...

Christianity is the...

Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

Source: Letter, 13 Aug. 1766...

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Attack is the...

Attack is the...

Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.

Source:...

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And then, Sir,...

And then, Sir,...

And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, Nature will rise up, and claiming her...

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But these were...

But these were...

But these were the dreams of a poet doomed at last to wake a lexicographer.

Source:...

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Any of us...

Any of us...

Any of us would kill a cow, rather than not have beef.

Source: Quoted in: James...

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Composition is, for...

Composition is, for...

Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged...

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Attention and respect...

Attention and respect...

Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late,...

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As the Spanish...

As the Spanish...

As the Spanish proverb says, He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies...

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Cruel with guilt,...

Cruel with guilt,...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair,
The midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar;
Invades the sacred...

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As I know...

As I know...

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I...

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Consider, Sir, how...

Consider, Sir, how...

Consider, Sir, how should you like, though conscious of your innocence, to be tried before a jury for a capital crime,...

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Avarice is always...

Avarice is always...

Avarice is always poor.

Source:
-- Samuel Johnson, (Sep 18 1709-1784), English...

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