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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.
James Boswell
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James Boswell
Age: 54 †
Born: 1740
Born: October 18
Died: 1795
Died: May 19
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I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.
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What a curious creature is man with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued yet how easily is he disturbed and put out of order.
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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
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As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.
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My wife, who does not like journalizing, said it was leaving myself embowelled to posterity--a good strong figure. But I think itis rather leaving myself embalmed. It is certainly preserving myself.
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My father had declared a predilection for heirs general, that is, males and females indiscriminately.... I, on the other hand, had a zealous partiality for heirs male, however remote.
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We must take our friends as they are.
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I argued that the chastity of women was of much more consequence than that of men, as the property and rights of families depend upon it.
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Melancholy cannot be clearly proved to others, so it is better to be silent about it.
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Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe.
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I find I journalize too tediously. Let me try to abbreviate.
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him.
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A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well but you are surprised to see it done at all.
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That favorite subject, Myself.
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Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you as long as life and support you in death. Elevate your soul by prayer and by contemplation without mystical enthusiasm.
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The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none.
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Those who would extirpate evil from the world know little of human nature. As well might punch be palatable without souring as existence agreeable without care.
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After I went to bed I had a curious fancy as to dreams. In sleep the doors of the mind are shut, and thoughts come jumping in at the windows. They tumble headlong, and therefore are so disorderly and strange. Sometimes they are stout and light on their feet, and then they are rational dreams.
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But what can a man see of a library being one day in it?
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Dr Johnson said, the inscription should have been in Latin, as every thing intended to be universal and permanent, should be.
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