Quotes by Samuel Johnson

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is...

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

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What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

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

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

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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

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Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

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To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

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To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

#Samuel Johnson