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Quotes from The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D — James Boswell

1740–1795 Scotland

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I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

Such groundless fears will arise in the mind, before it has resumed its vigour after sleep!

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

My lord and Dr Johnson disputed a little, whether the savage or the London shopkeeper had the best existence; his lordship, as usual, preferring the savage.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

I regretted I was not the head of a clan; however, though not possessed of such an hereditary advantage, I would always endeavour to make my tenants follow me.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

'Sir,' said Mr Johnson, 'a lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.'

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1785)

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