"He who has provoked the lash of wit,……" — James Boswell
"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it."
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56 Quotes by James Boswell
James Boswell has 56 quotes on this site.
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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable…
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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said…
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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not,…
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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…
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What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily…
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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,…
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on…
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We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to…
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must…
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.…
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More Cannot Complain Quotes
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one of 15 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn…
— Benjamin Carson
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He cannot complain of a hard sentence, who is made master of his own fate.
— Friedrich Schiller
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He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
— Samuel Johnson
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What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain?
— Marquis de Custine
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This is the reason we cannot complain of life: it keeps no one against his will.
— Seneca the Younger
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In my mind and in my heart, I feel okay. I cannot complain that I haven't lived long enough, but…
— Freddy Fender
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Women cannot complain about men anymore until they start getting better taste in them.
— Bill Maher
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Only as a warrior can one withstand the path of knowledge. A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life…
— Carlos Castaneda
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One who makes himself a worm cannot complain afterwards if people step on him.
— Immanuel Kant
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If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite…
— Agatha Christie
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In deep sadness there is no place for sentimentality. It is as final as the mountains: a fact. There it…
— William S. Burroughs
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Political correctness is anti-empathetic because it has correctness in it. We all have biases, we all have prejudices and if…
— Stefan Molyneux
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