The world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson, often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man of letters in English history".
Quotes
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You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
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If you are idle, be not solitary. If you are solitary, be not idle.
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A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
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Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
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Hope itself is a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
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Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry.
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He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
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