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Letter "S" » Samuel Johnson Quotes
«God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?»
«He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.»
«A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.»
«To hear complaints is tiresome to the miserable and the happy.»
«I put my hat upon my head, / I walked into the Strand, / And there I met another man / Whose hat was in his hand.»
«By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.»
«The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.»
«Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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Poverty
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consequently, contriving, splendor
«I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.»
«Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.»
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