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Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc

Book by Samuel Johnson · 19 quotes · Men, Degrees, Duty

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Johnsoniana; or supplement to Boswell; being Anecdotes and sayings of Dr. Johnson, etc Quotes

“Of him that hopes to be forgiven it is indispensably required that he forgive. It is, therefore, superfluous to urge any other motive. On this great duty eternity is suspended, and to him that refuses to practise it, the throne of mercy is inaccessible, and the Saviour of the world has been born in vain.”

“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality.”

“Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as the day declines, to find that it has been spent with the approbation of mankind.”