Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Those who do not feel pain seldom think that it is felt

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures

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...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a...

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...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love,...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do...

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

As all error is meanness, it is incumbent on every man who consults his own...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

The errors of women spring, almost always, from their faith in the good, or their...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...