"He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select……" — Samuel Johnson
"He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen"
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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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More Brick Quotes
This quote is filed under Brick Quotes,
one of 312 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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The road to the City of Emeralds is paved with yellow brick.
— L. Frank Baum
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Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing it brick by brick.
— Candice Bergen
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A career is like a house: it's made of many bricks, and each brick has the same value, because without…
— Andrea Bocelli
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Better to be a strong man with a weak point, than to be a weak man without a strong point.…
— William J. H. Boetcker
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Sometimes you'd come up against a brick wall... or sometimes you go into a fill and you'd know halfway through…
— John Bonham
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The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a…
— Richard Branson
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In general I was a good kid. It usually took a lot to make me mad. But once I reached…
— Benjamin Carson
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It's nice to be able to engage with this fan base that I've worked to build, brick by brick.
— Terri Clark
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In writing lyrics - well, for me, anyway - it's about getting into character, you know? 'Who is writing this?'…
— Ian Anderson
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In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or…
— Tadao Ando
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People who avoid the brick walls - all power to ya, but we all have to hit them sometimes in…
— Jennifer Aniston
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If you look at the top 20 companies of the world, 19 of them are still brick-and-mortar companies. I have…
— Anil Ambani
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