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Famous Quotes in History by Samuel Johnson - 1


Here are some famous quotes in history by Samuel Johnson.

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A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.


A man in jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.


A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.


Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult.


He talks like a watch which ticks away minutes, but never strikes the hour.


He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.


Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.


I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinions and sentiments I find delight.


I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.


I would be loth to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

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I suppose I overdo it, but when I'm mad at a man I want to climb right up his chest.

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