
Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Man
60 quotes by Samuel Johnson about man
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man


A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
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A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man


Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.
Quote by Samuel Johnson about man