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Quotes from The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides — Samuel Johnson

1709–1784 England

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A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration, and all those arts by which a big book is made.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy!

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a trial of his claim, though, were it judicially examined, it might be found a very just claim.

The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides (1785)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Johnson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.