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Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson quotes about people

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

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Samuel Johnson quote: "A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people..."
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. Samuel Johnson
People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chymistry by lectures.—You might teach making of shoes by lectures! Samuel Johnson
So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other. Samuel Johnson
It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other. Samuel Johnson
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. Samuel Johnson
It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read, if they can have any thing else to amuse them. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses,..."
Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "The chief glory of every people arises from its authors."
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. Samuel Johnson

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