Tag: Samuel Johnson
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
Samuel Johnson
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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
Samuel Johnson
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Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel Johnson
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Samuel Johnson
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Samuel Johnson
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
Samuel Johnson
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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.
Samuel Johnson
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Samuel Johnson
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Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
Samuel Johnson
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You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
Samuel Johnson