"In the description of night in Macbeth, the……" — Samuel Johnson
"In the description of night in Macbeth, the beetle and the bat detract from the general idea of darkness - inspissated gloom."
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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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Twinkle, twinkle little bat How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, Like a tea-tray in…
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I never smile when I have a bat in my hands. That's when you've got to be serious. When I…
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Well, boys, it's a round ball and a round bat and you got to hit the ball square.
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I don't make speeches. I just let my bat speak for me in the summertime.
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