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Samuel Johnson Quotes

«Sir, it is burning a farthing candle at Dover, to shew a light at Calais»
«It seems to be the fate of man to seek all his consolations in futurity»
«Such is the constitution of man that labor may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered how much happiness is gained, and how much misery escaped, by frequent and violent agitation of the body»
«It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the privileges of age, and retain the play-things of childhood»
«A successful author is equally in danger of the diminution of his fame, whether he continues or ceases to write»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: diminution
«No man forgets his original trade: the rights of nations and of kings sink into questions of grammar, if grammarians discuss them»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: discuss
«They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private liberty»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Liberty | Keywords: rout, valued
«When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: speculation
«Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: axiom, axioms
«If he does really think that there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | Keywords: spoons