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> [ \[Samuel\] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/samuel-johnson-s-conversation-was-by-much-too-strong-for-a-person/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

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## More by Hester Lynch Piozzi

> [We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/we-look-on-those-approaching-the-banks-of-a-river-all-must-cross-with/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [The pleasures of intimacy in friendship depend far more on external circumstances than people of a sentimental turn of mind are willing to concede;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/the-pleasures-of-intimacy-in-friendship-depend-far-more-on-external/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Friendship is far more delicate than love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/friendship-is-far-more-delicate-than-love/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [I think character never changes; the Acorn becomes an Oak, which is very little like an Acorn to be sure, but it never becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/i-think-character-never-changes-the-acorn-becomes-an-oak-which-is/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [ \[Samuel\] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/samuel-johnson-s-conversation-was-by-much-too-strong-for-a-person/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/women-bear-crosses-better-than-men-do-but-bear-surprizes-worse/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [“Living at Venice is like a Journey to the Moon somehow…And a sweet Planet it is!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/living-at-venice-is-like-a-journey-to-the-moon-somehow-and-a-sweet/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/a-physician-can-sometimes-parry-the-scythe-of-death-but-has-no-power/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence and virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/tis-never-for-their-wisdom-that-one-loves-the-wisest-or-for-their-wit/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Every one in this world has as much as they can do in caring for themselves, and few have leisure really to think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/every-one-in-this-world-has-as-much-as-they-can-do-in-caring-for/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces very cruelly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/i-am-perpetually-bringing-or-losing-babies-both-very-dreadful/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [What signifies, says some one, giving halfpence to beggars? they only lay it out in gin or tobacco. "And why should they be denied…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/what-signifies-says-some-one-giving-halfpence-to-beggars-they-only/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [Friendship is far more delicate than love. Quarrels and fretful complaints are attractive in the last, offensive in the first. And the very things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/friendship-is-far-more-delicate-than-love-quarrels-and-fretful/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [... one should know the value of Life better than to pout any part of it away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/one-should-know-the-value-of-life-better-than-to-pout-any-part-of-it/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

> [It is never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hester-lynch-piozzi/it-is-never-for-their-wisdom-that-one-loves-the-wisest/)

[Hester Lynch Piozzi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hester-lynch-piozzi/)

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