Quotes by Samuel Johnson about People

8 quotes by Samuel Johnson about people

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep...

A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.

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

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

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I am aware that by many persons, it is considered in the...

I am aware that by many persons, it is considered in the nature of a joke to to become a candidate and to be elected as a member of the Legislature.

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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not...

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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It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other.

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So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.

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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

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You never find people laboring to convince you that you...

You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

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