Quote #3
The best good man, with the worst natur'd muse.
More from James Boswell
- I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically.
- Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should.
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- In every place, where there is any thing worthy of observation, there should be a short printed directory for strangers.
- As all who come into the country must obey the King, so all who come into an university must be of the Church.
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- Such groundless fears will arise in the mind, before it has resumed its vigour after sleep!