When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Quotes from Life of Samuel Johnson — Samuel Johnson
1709–1784 England
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Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Attack is the reaction; I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
A man may be so much of every thing, that he is nothing of any thing.
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.