Quotes by Samuel Johnson about Man, page 2
60 quotes by Samuel Johnson about man
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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I had done all that I could; and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
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I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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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.
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In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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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.
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It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
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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.
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Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.
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Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
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No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
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Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
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