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Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘I never desire to converse w…
‘I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Books
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Read over your compositions …
‘Read over your compositions and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine strike it out.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Strike
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘No man but a blockhead ever …
‘No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Money
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘A man may write at any time …
‘A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Writing
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘To improve the golden moment…
‘To improve the golden moment of opportunity and catch the good that is within our reach is the great art of life.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Opportunity
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Men seldom give pleasure whe…
‘Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Please
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Pride is a vice which pride …
‘Pride is a vice which pride itself inclines every man to find in others and to overlook in himself.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Pride
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Every man naturally persuade…
‘Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and frequency of experiment.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Persuasion
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Praise like gold and diamond…
‘Praise like gold and diamonds owes its value to its scarcity.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Diamond
Dr. Samuel Johnson – ‘Deign on the passing world t…
‘Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills the scholars life assail Toil envy want the patron and the jail.’
Quote Author: Dr. Samuel Johnson
Quote Genre: Scholar