Difficult do you call it, Sir? I wish it were impossible.
Samuel Johnson quote Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.
Samuel Johnson quote Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
Samuel Johnson quote By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.
Samuel Johnson quote Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Samuel Johnson quote Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.
Samuel Johnson quote Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
Samuel Johnson quote Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
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