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Samuel Johnson Quotes

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English Author, Critic September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson quote: "Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and..."
Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him. Samuel Johnson
By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time. Samuel Johnson
Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own great merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. Samuel Johnson
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. Samuel Johnson
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he..."
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do..."
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson
Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him who makes me uneasy. Samuel Johnson
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. Samuel Johnson
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
Samuel Johnson quote: "A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but,..."
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every..."
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it..."
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. Samuel Johnson
Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who..."
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel Johnson

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