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After Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we…
- Tradition is but a meteor, which, if it once falls, cannot be rekindled. Memory, once interrupted, is not to be recalled. But written learning is…
- The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure…
- Sir, I have no objection to a man's drinking wine, if he can do it in moderation. I found myself apt to go to excess…
- Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
- He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
- And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
- He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear,…
- Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive
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