Samuel Johnson

Classical quotation is...

Classical quotation is...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Source: Life...

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Every man thinks...

Every man thinks...

Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at...

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Conjecture as to...

Conjecture as to...

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very...

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Do not accustom...

Do not accustom...

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a...

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Criticism, as it...

Criticism, as it...

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging...

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Dear Doctor (said...

Dear Doctor (said...

Dear Doctor (said he one day to a common acquaintance, who lamented the tender state of his inside), do not be like...

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George the First...

George the First...

George the First knew nothing, and desired to know nothing; did nothing, and desired to do nothing; and the only good...

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Disease is a...

Disease is a...

Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.

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Every quotation contributes...

Every quotation contributes...

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of language.

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Depend upon it...

Depend upon it...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to...

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Do not discourage...

Do not discourage...

Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part...

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Great abilites are...

Great abilites are...

Great abilites are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human...

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Every man has...

Every man has...

Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.

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Everything that enlarges...

Everything that enlarges...

Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is...

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Don't think of...

Don't think of...

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or...

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Dublin, though a...

Dublin, though a...

Dublin, though a place much worse than London, is not so bad as Iceland.

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Grief is a...

Grief is a...

Grief is a species of idleness.

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

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Example is always...

Example is always...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

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Few things are...

Few things are...

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.

Source: A Dissertation on the Art...

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EXCISE, n.' A...

EXCISE, n.' A...

EXCISE, n.' A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but by wretches...

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