A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Ignorance Quotes, Pride Quotes, Stupidity Quotes

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a...

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Money confounds subordination

Money confounds subordination

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with...

The attitude of gratitude keeps the mind renewed.

The attitude of gratitude keeps the mind renewed.

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...

I have no right, by anything I do or say, to demean a human being...