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Thought Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only…
- I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give me pain, as it would counteract my natural inclination. I would…
- Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.
- Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
- Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action would be degraded and obscured by a garb appropriated to…
- I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop
- No writer can be fully convicted of imitation except there is a concurrence of more resemblance than can be imagined to have happened by chance;…
- I do not know, sir, that the fellow is an infidel; but if he be an infidel, he is an infidel as a dog is…
- Pope had been flattered till he thought himself one of the moving powers of the system of life. When he talked of laying down his…
- This man [Chesterfield], I thought, had been a Lord among wits; but I find he is only a wit among Lords.
- 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…
- Language is the dress of thought.
- Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
- There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
- Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of a modern age could have written such poems [Ossian] .…
- It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
- To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind to detect its…
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