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Samuel Johnson Quotes

«There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Family | Keywords: aims
«Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Pride | Keywords: inclines, overlook
«A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Meaning | Keywords: aiming, handful, throws
«Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy»
«Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Celibacy, Marriage | Keywords: celibacy, pains
«Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Effort, Hope
«Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of youth»
«Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Knowledge, Strength | Keywords: equivalent
«It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Cheating, Trust | Keywords: cheated, happier
«Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Pain | Keywords: careless

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