"There is less flogging in our great schools……" — Samuel Johnson
"There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly-but then less is learned there; so what the boys get at one end they lose at the other."
—
Samuel Johnson
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
Your aspirations are your possibilities.
-
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
-
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
-
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
-
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
-
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
-
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
-
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
-
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
-
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
-
The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
-
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
See all 1,266 quotes by Samuel Johnson »
More Boys Quotes
This quote is filed under Boys Quotes,
one of 5,097 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
As a boy, because I was born and raised in Ohio, about 60 miles north of Dayton, the legends of…
— Neil Armstrong
-
I'm not Mr. Debonair Suave. I'm just a regular boy who goofs around, pulls pranks, and makes jokes. That doesn't…
— Jensen Ackles
-
John Quincy Adams most certainly was a part of the Revolutionary War era. He was a young boy, but he…
— Michele Bachmann
-
Success in training the boy depends largely on the Scoutmaster's own personal example.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
See things from the boy's point of view.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
The Scoutmaster teaches boys to play the game by doing so himself.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
I was a pretty scrappy, tough kid; I got in all sorts of fights at school. I defended myself -…
— Amy Adams
-
Everybody's journey is individual. If you fall in love with a boy, you fall in love with a boy. The…
— James A. Baldwin
-
If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet…
— Travis Barker
-
I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile…
— Drew Barrymore
-
The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no…
— Eric Berne
See all 5,097 Boys Quotes »