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Why, sir, Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, Sir, is not in Nature. - Boswell's Life of Johnson, of R.B. Sheridan [Stupidity] Wretched, un-idea'd girls. - Boswell's Life of Johnson [Women] Sir, I think all Christians, whether Papists or Protestants, agree in the essential articles, and that their religious differences are trivial, and rather political than religious. - Boswell's Life of Johnson (ch. V) [Religion] A desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being whose mind is not debauched, will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. - Boswell's Life of Johnson (conversation on Saturday, July 30, 1763) [Knowledge] A very unclubable man. - Boswell's Life of Johnson (note) [Character] The booksellers are generous liberal-minded men. - Boswell's Life of Johnson (vol. I, p. 1756) [Booksellers] The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high-road that leads him to England. - Boswell's Life of Johnson (vol. II, ch. V) [Scotland] For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. - Boswell's Life of Johnson (vol. III, ch. 9) [Eating] Excise, a hateful tax levied upon commodities. - Definition of Excise in his Dictionary [Government : Taxation] Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worst to better. - Dictionary of the English Language (preface) [Change] The hand of him here torpid lies, That drew th' essential form of grace, Here closed in death th' attentive eyes That saw the manners in the face. - Epitaph for Hogarth [Epitaphs] Sleep undisturbed within this peaceful shrine, Till angels wake thee with a note like thine. - Epitaph on Claude Phillips [Epitaphs] Friendship, peculiar boon of Heaven, The noble mind's delight and pride, To men and angles only given, To all the lower world denied. - Friendship--An Ode [Friendship] The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man. - Irene (act I, sc. 1) [Gold] Learn that the present hour alone is man's. - Irene (act III, sc. 2) [Life] How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast, Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. - Irene (act IV, sc, 8) [Guilt] When desp'rate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. - Irene (act IV, sc. 1) [Cowardice] When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. - Irene (act IV, sc. 1, l. 87) [Distrust] Reflect that life, like every other blessing, Derives its value from its use alone. - Irene (III, viii) [Life] Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all. - Johnsoniana [Books] It (hunting) was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England. - Johnsoniana [Chase] The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. - Johnsoniana (Piozzi's Anecdotes, 58) [Law] Round numbers are always false. - Johnsoniana--Apothegms, Sentiment, etc., From Hawkin's Collective Addition [Lying] His conversation does not show the minute hand; but he strikes the hour very correctly. - Johnsoniana--Kearsley (l. 604) [Conversation] Towering in confidence at twenty-one. - Letter to Bennet Langton [Youth] Displaying page 34 of 37 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 [34] 35 36 37
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