Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of a modern age could have written such poems [Ossian] . . . 'Yes, Sir, many men, many women, and many children.'

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Age Quotes

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to...

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

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...

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to...

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

There can never be any excuse for sacrificing our childrens futures to keep corporate tax...

There can never be any excuse for sacrificing our childrens futures to keep corporate tax...

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

'My country, right or wrong' is a thing no patriot would ever think of saying...

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

I came in here and a fella asked me to have a drink. I said...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...

England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to...