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Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson quotes

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

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Samuel Johnson quote: "Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement."
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only..."
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the..."
The pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a..."
Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered..."
That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its..."
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and..."
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you. Samuel Johnson
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
Samuel Johnson quote: "A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he..."
A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives."
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates."
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "The future is purchased by the present."
The future is purchased by the present. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed."
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed. Samuel Johnson
Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence."(Essay on Tea, 1757.) Samuel Johnson

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