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Letter "S" » Samuel Johnson Quotes
«Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
break in, preoccupied, preoccupies, preoccupy
«Life will not bear refinement. You must do as other people do.»
«It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.»
«One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.»
«Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging.»
«A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
banquet, commendation, infrequency, morsels, recompense, riot
«The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.»
«It is all cant; the dog knows he is miserable all the time.»
«Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.»
«The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give,/ For we that live to please, must please to live.»
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