Tag: Samuel Johnson
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Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.
Samuel Johnson
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Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.
Samuel Johnson
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
Samuel Johnson
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When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
Samuel Johnson
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Love is only one of many passions.
Samuel Johnson
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson
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Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o’clock is a scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson
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The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.
Samuel Johnson
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Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
Samuel Johnson
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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson