"It is not every man who can be……" — James Boswell

"It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy."

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56 Quotes by James Boswell

James Boswell has 56 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable…
I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said…
If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not,…
When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are…
What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily…
The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments,…
Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on…
We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to…
No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must…
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.…

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