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He Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
- The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
- A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in…
- When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
- A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
- No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
- He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in…
- Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
- Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply…
- The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
- I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
- He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
- He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
- It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep…
- A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
- A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
- He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
- He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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