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Quote by Samuel Johnson

“No evil is insupportable but that which is accompanied with consciousness of wrong.”

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Book:Selected poetry and prose

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Selected poetry and prose

This book compiles a selection of poetry and prose, offering readers a diverse array of literary expressions and narratives. The collection is intended to provide insight into the author's writing style and the various subjects explored within the works. more

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Samuel Johnson was an English writer, poet, and lexicographer, renowned for his comprehensive English dictionary, 'A Dictionary of the English Language', published in 1755. His distinctive writing style and wit have cemented his place as a significant figure in the history of English literature. more

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Stills Suffering Evil

Book:The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper

Source: The works of the English poets, from Chaucer to Cowper

“Complaints are vain; we will try to. do better another time. To-morrow and to-morrow. A few designs and a few failures, and the time of designing is past.”

Trying Past Design Failure Vain Complaints Morrow Another Time

Book:Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Source: Letters of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

“He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect, that he must himself sink in like manner, and, as he stands upon the same precipice, be swept away with the same violence.”

Sometimes Violence Fame Pushing Suspects Obscurity Predecessors Precipice Swept Away

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him for present use the wine and garlands which they propose to bestow upon his tomb.”

Giving May Use Wish Fame Wine Reputation Enjoyed Reasonable Companion Propose Tombs Garlands

Author:Samuel Johnson

“None of the projects or designs which exercise the mind of man are equally subject to obstructions and disappointments with the pursuit of fame.”

Men Mind Subjects Design Exercise Fame Projects Disappointment Pursuit Obstruction

Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes

“The love of fame is a passion natural and universal, which no man, however high or mean, however wise or ignorant, was yet able to despise.”

Men Mean Able Passion Natural Wise Fame Universal Ignorant Despise

Author:Samuel Johnson

“Foppery is never cured; it is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified; once a coxcomb always a coxcomb.”

Mind Body Stamina

Author:Samuel Johnson

“Friends are often chosen for similitude of manners, and therefore each palliates the other's failings because they are his own.”

Failing Friends Chosen Manners

Book:The Rambler

Source: The Rambler

“How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.”

Men House Friends Sick

Author:Samuel Johnson

“Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. What we have missed long enough to want it, we value more when it is regained; but that which has been lost till it is forgotten will be found at last with little gladness, and with still less if a substitute has supplied the place.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius