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Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
English author, critic, & lexicographer [more author details]

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A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.: Samuel Johnson
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.: Samuel Johnson
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A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.: Samuel Johnson
A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.: Samuel Johnson
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.: Samuel Johnson
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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.: Samuel Johnson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.: Samuel Johnson
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Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.: Samuel Johnson
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.: Samuel Johnson
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Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.: Samuel Johnson
Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.: Samuel Johnson
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.: Samuel Johnson
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.: Samuel Johnson
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He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.: Samuel Johnson
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.: Samuel Johnson
Hope is necessary in every condition.: Samuel Johnson
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.: Samuel Johnson
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.: Samuel Johnson
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.: Samuel Johnson
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.: Samuel Johnson
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