More from Samuel Johnson

  1. I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.
  2. All theory is against the freedom of the will; all experience for it.
  3. A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
  4. As the Spanish proverb says, 'He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is in…
  5. Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
  6. It is better to live rich, than to die rich.
  7. Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
  8. The insolence of wealth will creep out.

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