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Turn on the prudent ant thy he...

Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

No, Sir, you will have much mo...

No, Sir, you will have much more influence by giving or lending money where it is wanted, than by hospitality.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Of many, imagined blessings it...

Of many, imagined blessings it may be doubted whether he that wants or possesses them had more reason to be satisfied with his lot.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

You need a good editor because...

You need a good editor because every writer thinks he can write a War and Peace, but by the time he gets it on paper, it's not War and Peace anymore; it's comic-book stuff. Your manuscript is both good and original. But the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

If you are idle, be not solita...

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

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Abuse is often of service. The...

Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

It is advantageous to an autho...

It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

...it will not always happen t...

...it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Tediousness is the most fatal ...

Tediousness is the most fatal of all faults.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The road to hell is paved with...

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

To let friendship die away by ...

To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A lexicographer, a writer of d...

A lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The life of a conscientious cl...

The life of a conscientious clergyman is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

John Wesley's conversation is ...

John Wesley's conversation is good, but he is never at leisure. He is always obliged to go at a certain hour. This is very disagreeable to a man who loves to fold his legs and have his talk out as I do.

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Men are like stone jugs - you ...

Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

An old friend never can be fou...

An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

An Italian philosopher said th...

An Italian philosopher said that 'time was his estate'; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly repay the labors of industry, and generally satisfy the most extensive desires, if no part of it be suffered to lie in waste by negligence, to be overrun with noxious plants, or laid out for show rather than for use.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

It is common to overlook what ...

It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Never speak of a man in his ow...

Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive .

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

If the man who turnips cries, ...

If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

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