Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel Johnson

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

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

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Biography
Type: Author
Nationality: English
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784

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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
Samuel Butler

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
Samuel Butler

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
Samuel Butler

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
Samuel Butler

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Samuel Butler

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
Samuel Butler

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
Samuel Butler

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
Samuel Butler

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
Samuel Butler

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
Samuel Butler

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Samuel Butler

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
Samuel Butler

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Samuel Butler

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
Samuel Butler

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler

All truth is not to be told at all times.
Samuel Butler

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
Samuel Butler

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
Samuel Butler

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
Samuel Butler

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Biography
Type: Poet
Nationality: British
Born: December 4, 1835
Died: June 18, 1902

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Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel Johnson

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

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

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Biography
Type: Author
Nationality: English
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel Johnson

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

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

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Type: Author
Nationality: English
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784

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Samuel Goldwyn

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A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
Samuel Goldwyn

A Hospital is no place to be sick.
Samuel Goldwyn

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Samuel Goldwyn

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Samuel Goldwyn

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
Samuel Goldwyn

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Samuel Goldwyn

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
Samuel Goldwyn

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn

For your information, I would like to ask a question.
Samuel Goldwyn

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Samuel Goldwyn

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Samuel Goldwyn

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
Samuel Goldwyn

God makes stars. I just produce them.
Samuel Goldwyn

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
Samuel Goldwyn

I can give you a definite perhaps.
Samuel Goldwyn

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Samuel Goldwyn

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
Samuel Goldwyn

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn

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Type: Producer
Nationality: American
Born: August 17, 1882
Died: January 31, 1974

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. Samuel Butler Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. Samuel ButlerI do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. Samuel ButlerIf we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. Samuel ButlerLife is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel ButlerMan is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler Neither have they hearts to stay. Nor wit enough to run away. Samuel ButlerThe best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel ButlerIt has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872) When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Samuel Butler, In Festing Jones, Samuel Butler : A MemoirAll progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912 An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books. Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, Chapter 77

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All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. Samuel Butler Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. Samuel ButlerI do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. Samuel ButlerIf we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. Samuel ButlerLife is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel ButlerMan is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler Neither have they hearts to stay. Nor wit enough to run away. Samuel ButlerThe best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel ButlerIt has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872) When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Samuel Butler, In Festing Jones, Samuel Butler : A MemoirAll progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912 An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books. Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, Chapter 77

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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A drunkard would not give money to sober people. He said they would only eat it, and buy clothes and send their children to school with it.
Samuel Butler

A friend who cannot at a pinch remember a thing or two that never happened is as bad as one who does not know how to forget.
Samuel Butler

A hen is only an egg's way of making another egg.
Samuel Butler

A lawyer's dream of heaven: every man reclaimed his property at the resurrection, and each tried to recover it from all his forefathers.
Samuel Butler

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but a little want of knowledge is also a dangerous thing.
Samuel Butler

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
Samuel Butler

A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
Samuel Butler

A physician's physiology has much the same relation to his power of healing as a cleric's divinity has to his power of influencing conduct.
Samuel Butler

A sense of humor keen enough to show a man his own absurdities will keep him from the commission of all sins, or nearly all, save those worth committing.
Samuel Butler

A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war.
Samuel Butler

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
Samuel Butler

Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
Samuel Butler

All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
Samuel Butler

All philosophies, if you ride them home, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others.
Samuel Butler

All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
Samuel Butler

All truth is not to be told at all times.
Samuel Butler

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
Samuel Butler

And so there is no God but has been in the loins of past gods.
Samuel Butler

Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
Samuel Butler

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.
Samuel Butler

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel Johnson

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

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

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Butler

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All philosophies, if you ride them, are nonsense, but some are greater nonsense than others. Samuel Butler Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well. Samuel Butler Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors into trouble of all kinds. Samuel Butler I consider being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill. Samuel ButlerI do not mind lying, but I hate inaccuracy. Samuel ButlerIf we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall ere long be surprised to find how little remains that we cannot do. Samuel ButlerLife is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. Samuel Butler Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them. Samuel ButlerMan is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler Neither have they hearts to stay. Nor wit enough to run away. Samuel ButlerThe best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way. Samuel Butler The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore. Samuel ButlerIt has been said that the love of money is the root of all evil. The want of money is so quite as truly. Samuel Butler, Erewhon (1872) When you have told anyone you have left him a legacy the only decent thing to do is to die at once. Samuel Butler, In Festing Jones, Samuel Butler : A MemoirAll progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income. Samuel Butler, Notebooks, 1912 An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case; God has written all the books. Samuel Butler, The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912)It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all. Samuel Butler, The Way of All Flesh, Chapter 77

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Samuel Goldwyn

A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
Samuel Goldwyn

A Hospital is no place to be sick.
Samuel Goldwyn

A verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on.
Samuel Goldwyn

A wide screen just makes a bad film twice as bad.
Samuel Goldwyn

Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.
Samuel Goldwyn

Color television! Bah, I won't believe it until I see it in black and white.
Samuel Goldwyn

Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
Samuel Goldwyn

Don't worry about the war. It's all over but the shooting.
Samuel Goldwyn

Every director bites the hand that lays the golden egg.
Samuel Goldwyn

For your information, I would like to ask a question.
Samuel Goldwyn

From success you get a lot of things, but not that great inside thing that love brings you.
Samuel Goldwyn

Give me a couple of years, and I'll make that actress an overnight success.
Samuel Goldwyn

Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Samuel Goldwyn

Go see it and see for yourself why you shouldn't go see it.
Samuel Goldwyn

God makes stars. I just produce them.
Samuel Goldwyn

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.
Samuel Goldwyn

I can give you a definite perhaps.
Samuel Goldwyn

I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead.
Samuel Goldwyn

I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their job.
Samuel Goldwyn

I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.
Samuel Goldwyn

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Showing quotations 1 to 14 of 14 total A Hospital is no place to be sick. Samuel Goldwyn Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Samuel GoldwynI don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead. Samuel Goldwyn I don't want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. Samuel GoldwynI had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it. Samuel Goldwyn I never put on a pair of shoes until I've worn them at least five years. Samuel GoldwynI read part of it all the way through. Samuel Goldwyn If I could drop dead right now, I'd be the happiest man alive. Samuel Goldwyn Let's have some new cliches. Samuel Goldwyn Spare no expense to save money on this one. Samuel GoldwynTelevision has raised writing to a new low. Samuel Goldwyn When someone does something good, applaud! You will make two people happy. Samuel GoldwynYou've got to take the bitter with the sour. Samuel GoldwynA verbal contract isn't worth the paper it's written on. Samuel Goldwyn, Goldwyn's Law of Contracts

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Samuel Johnson

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The Literature Page A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel JohnsonA man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. Samuel JohnsonAlmost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Samuel JohnsonAs I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Samuel JohnsonDo not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. Samuel Johnson Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. Samuel JohnsonEvery quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language. Samuel Johnson Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson He who makes a beast of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man. Samuel JohnsonHope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords. Samuel JohnsonHope is necessary in every condition. Samuel Johnson If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Samuel JohnsonIn order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel JohnsonIntegrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel JohnsonIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. Samuel Johnson Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel JohnsonMen have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. Samuel JohnsonOf all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. Samuel JohnsonPeople need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel JohnsonPraise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel JohnsonSelf-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say. Samuel Johnson Such seems to be the disposition of man, that whatever makes a distinction produces rivalry. Samuel JohnsonThe world is not yet exhaused; let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel JohnsonThere are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. Samuel Johnson

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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
Samuel Johnson

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
Samuel Johnson

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
Samuel Johnson

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
Samuel Johnson

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
Samuel Johnson

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
Samuel Johnson

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
Samuel Johnson

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

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
Samuel Johnson

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson

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Jan 17, Samuel B. Chinji's Feelings - Visitor's Quote

by Samuel B. Chinji
(Johannesburg, South Africa)

I have no negative feelings for people who have succeeded, but I have positive feelings of how I can contribute towards people who are fighting for survival.

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Jan 17, Samuel B. Chinji's Grateful - Visitor's Quote

by Samuel B. Chinji
(Johannesburg, South Africa)

I am grateful that I went into class learning ABCD, but I am even more grateful that I encountered great people after my class's life who have tremendously impacted positively on my achievements.

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