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. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
I went to my father's at night. He spoke of poor John [Boswell's brother] with disgust. I was shocked and said, "He's your son, and God made him." He answered very harshly, "If my sons are idiots, can I help… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed; and it is consolatory to think, that although we can seldom… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Drinking is in reality an occupation which employs a considerable portion of the time of many people; and to conduct it in the most… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
“His OFELLUS in the Art of Living in London, I have heard him relate, was an Irish painter, whom he knew at Birmingham, and… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
He had no settled plan of life, nor looked forward at all, but merely lived from day to day. Yet he read a great… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Nay, Sir, it was not the WINE that made your head ache, but the SENSE that I put into it' 'What, Sir! will sense… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
Have a sense of piety ever on your mind, and be ever mindful that this is subject to no change, but will last you… — James Boswell Copy Share Image
[A]s a lady adjusts her dress before a mirror, a man adjusts his character by looking at his journal. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
We had some port, and drank damnation to the play and eternal remorse to the author. — James Boswell Copy Share Image
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