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James Boswell has 59 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be…
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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…
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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
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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…
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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…
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The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
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Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments, at which…
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he…
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We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up…
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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.…
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it…
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Were I Diogenes, I would not move out of a kilderkin into a hogshead, though the first had had nothing but small…
— Charles Lamb
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I love white Portugal wine better than claret, champagne, or burgundy. I have a sad vulgar appetite.
— Jonathan Swift
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At that comfortable tavern on Pontchartrain we had a bouillabaisse than which a better was never eaten at Marseilles; and not the…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
— Samuel Johnson
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He talked with more claret than clarity
— Susan Ertz
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I can certainly see that you know your wine. Most of the guests who stay here wouldn't know the difference between Bordeaux…
— John Cleese
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He who aspires to be a serious wine drinker must drink claret.
— Samuel Johnson
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How I like claret!...It fills one's mouth with a gushing freshness, then goes down to cool and feverless; then, you do not…
— John Keats
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If Claret is the king of natural wines, Burgundy is the queen.
— Moliere
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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.…
— James Boswell
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Though the most beautiful creature were waiting for me at the end of a journey or a walk; though the carpet were…
— John Keats
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I hover over the expensive Scotch and then the Armagnac, but finally settle on a glass of rich red claret. I put…
— Nick Harkaway
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