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He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)
Johnson is dead. Let us go to the next best — there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)
Then, all censure of a man's self is oblique praise.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)
What can he mean by coming among us? He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)
You are a philosopher, Dr. Johnson. I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)
When I called upon Dr. Johnson next morning, I found him highly satisfied with his colloquial prowess the preceding evening. "Well, (said he,) we had good talk." BOSWELL: "Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons."
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D (1791)