Samuel Johnson

How few of...

How few of...

How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.

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How small of...

How small of...

How small of all that human hearts endure
That part which laws or kings can cause or cure!
Still to ourselves in...

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I am always...

I am always...

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigree of...

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He that thinks...

He that thinks...

He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.

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GOLDSMITH. Here's such...

GOLDSMITH. Here's such...

GOLDSMITH. Here's such a stir about a fellow that has written one book, and I have written many.
JOHNSON. Ah,...

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I am a...

I am a...

I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep people from vice.

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I can't drink...

I can't drink...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be...

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I deny the...

I deny the...

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him. You have no business with consequences;...

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He who does...

He who does...

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

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Go into the...

Go into the...

Go into the street and give one man a lecture on morality and another a shilling, and see which one will respect you...

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I am not...

I am not...

I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons...

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I know not,...

I know not,...

I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so...

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I had rather...

I had rather...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the...

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Honesty is not...

Honesty is not...

Honesty is not greater where elegance is less.

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God Himself, sir,...

God Himself, sir,...

God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and...

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I am sorry...

I am sorry...

I am sorry I have not learned to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness and consolidates...

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If a madman...

If a madman...

If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state of his mind; but...

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I have found...

I have found...

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you understanding.

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Hope is itself...

Hope is itself...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other...

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Great works are...

Great works are...

Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

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