Samuel Johnson

I am willing...

I am willing...

I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.

Source: Quoted in: Boswell,...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left...

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I know not,...

I know not,...

I know not, that by living dissections any discovery has been made by which a single malady is more easily...

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I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests...

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces.

Source: Rambler, no. 141 (London, 23...

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Guilt once harbored...

Guilt once harbored...

Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

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I have found...

I have found...

I have found men more kind than I expected, and less just.

Source: In Webster's...

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If you are...

If you are...

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.

Source: Letter,...

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I think the...

I think the...

I think the full tide of human existence is at Charing-Cross.

Source: Life of...

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I have thought...

I have thought...

I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural...

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He who endeavors...

He who endeavors...

He who endeavors to please must appear to be pleased.

Source: 'The Rambler,' Aug....

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I have, all...

I have, all...

I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that...

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Ignorance, madam, pure...

Ignorance, madam, pure...

Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.

Source: His reply on being questioned, by a lady...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be...

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I have two...

I have two...

I have two very cogent reasons for not printing any list of subscribers; - one, that I have lost all the names, - the...

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He who praises...

He who praises...

He who praises everybody praises nobody.

Source: Bowell, Life of Johnson
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I look upon...

I look upon...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.

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Insanity is the...

Insanity is the...

Insanity is the power of fancy over reason.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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In a man's...

In a man's...

In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever...

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I know not...

I know not...

I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register...

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His scorn of...

His scorn of...

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he...

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