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It is man's own fault, it is ...

It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

I look upon this as I did upo...

I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Nay, Sir, those who write in ...

Nay, Sir, those who write in them, write well, in order to be paid well.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Whoever wishes to attain an E...

Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Allegories drawn to great len...

Allegories drawn to great length will always break.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

His most frequent ailment was...

His most frequent ailment was the headache which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Let me rejoice in the light w...

Let me rejoice in the light which Thou hast imparted; let me serve Thee with active zeal, humbled confidence, and wait with patient expectation for the time in which the soul which Thou receivest shall be satisfied with knowledge.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Conjecture as to things usefu...

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

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Allow children to be happy in...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

He that fails in his endeavor...

He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

A wise man is cured of ambiti...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Wine makes a man more pleased...

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Being in a ship is being in a...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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A man is in general better pl...

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Nothing flatters a man as muc...

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.

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We are inclined to believe th...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

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Books like friends, should be...

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

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There is nothing, Sir, too li...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.

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In order that all men may be ...

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

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So far is it from being true ...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

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