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- It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784), Boswell's Life, 1770
- Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Our aspirations are our possibilities.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- During the Samuel Johnson days they had big men enjoying small talk; today we have small men enjoying big talk.
- Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
- Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- You must have taken great pains, sir; you could not naturally been so very stupid.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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