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I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it.
Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
Age: 75 †
Born: 1709
Born: September 18
Died: 1784
Died: December 13
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More quotes by Samuel Johnson
A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.
Samuel Johnson
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom it is to be sure, good for nothing but put all these atoms together, and you have St. Paul's Church. So it is with human felicity, which is made up of many ingredients, each of which may be shown to be very insignificant.
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There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
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The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.
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Poverty has, in large cities, very different appearances it is often concealed in splendour, and often in extravagance.
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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
Samuel Johnson
Our aspirations are our possibilities.
Samuel Johnson
An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.
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Profuseness is a cruel and crafty demon, that gradually involves her followers in dependence and debt that is, fetters them with irons that enter into their souls.
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His virtues walked their narrow round, Nor made a pause, nor left a void And sure the Eternal Master found The single talent well employed.
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To purchase Heaven has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? No--all that's worth a wish--a thought, Fair virtue gives unbribed, unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind.
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Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
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As a madman is apt to think himself grown suddenly great, so he that grows suddenly great is apt to borrow a little from the madman.
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People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men.
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Life protracted is protracted woe.
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...it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor.
Samuel Johnson
To build is to be robbed.
Samuel Johnson
All truth is valuable, and satirical criticism may be considered as useful when it rectifies error and improves judgment he that refines the public taste is a public benefactor.
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The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside
Samuel Johnson
A blade of grass is always a blade of grass, whether in one country or another.
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