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Select Samuel Johnson Quotations

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
Samuel Johnson

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Samuel Johnson

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson

Language is the dress of thought.
Samuel Johnson

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
Samuel Johnson

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Samuel Johnson

Love is only one of many passions.
Samuel Johnson

All Samuel Johnson Quotations

Words

Better, Doubt, Fool, Mouth, Open, Remain, Remove, Silent, Than, Thought

Definitions

Better, Doubt, Fool, Mouth, Open, Remain, Remove, Silent, Than, Thought