Quote #14
Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy!
More from Samuel Johnson
- A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
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- Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
- There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for them…
- Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything.
- How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
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- Every man naturally persuades himself that he can keep his resolutions, nor is he convinced of his imbecility but by length of time and fre…