Special Dictionary / Quotations / Samuel Johnson
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502 Quotations of Samuel Johnson.
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'Tis better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and re ...2.
A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: ...3.
A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then th ...4.
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civili ...5.
A desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being, ...6.
A fallible being will fail somewh ...7.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the ...8.
A fly may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, an ...9.
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an inse ...10.
A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an ...11.
A Judge may be a farmer; but he is not to geld his own pigs. A Judge may play a ...12.
A man finds in the productions of nature an inexhaustible stock of material on w ...13.
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, tha ...14.
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far a ...15.
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of ever ...16.
A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he reads as a ta ...17.
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his ...18.
A man used to vissicitudes is not easily deje ...19.
A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both e ...20.
A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of gettin ...| Next Page >> |
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