“We may have uneasy feelings for seeing a creature in distress without pity; for we have not pity unless we wish to relieve them.”
Quote by Samuel Johnson
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Samuel Johnson
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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Source: The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...
“Read the book you do honestly feel a wish and curiosity to read.”
“We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.”
Source: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., comprehending an account of his studies, and numerous works, in chronological order: a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published; the whole exhibiting a view of literature and literary men in Great Britain, for near half a century during which he flourished
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“Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility.”
Source: Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a Journey Into North Wales
Source: Selected poetry and prose
“A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth.”
“All censure of a man's self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare.”
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Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes