"He left the name at which the world……" — Samuel Johnson
"He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale."
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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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The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the morn.
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I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not…
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No one has ever been accused for not providing ornaments, but for those who neglect their neighbour a hell awaits…
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It is a far worthier thing to read by the light of experience than to adorn oneself with the labors…
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way through the world.
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Manners must adorn knowledge and smooth its way in the world, without them it is like a great rough diamond,…
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Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to…
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I am tired of the superficial smiles that adorn the many ghouls among us. I am tired of the righteous…
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What good is it if the Eucharistic table is overloaded with golden chalices when your brother is dying of hunger.…
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The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to…
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A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected…
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