"About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared……" — Samuel Johnson
"About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be termed the metaphysical poets."
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Samuel Johnson
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site.
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the…
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Once the automobile appeared you could have predicted that it would destroy as many people as it did.
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I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for…
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My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my…
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At first a small line of inconceivable splendour emerged on the horizon, which, quickly expanding, the sun appeared in all…
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Nothing is more clear than that Christ cannot be explained by any humanistic system. He does not fit into any…
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If ever the Divine appeared on earth, it was in the person of Christ.
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I always give all the glory to God, but I do not forget that He gave me the privilege of…
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I headed for this white mountain, but was caught in the wind and the mist . . . I followed…
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