Quote #17

How is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?

More from Samuel Johnson

  1. 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…
  2. 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…
  3. That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer amon…
  4. This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.
  5. Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy!
  6. Here closed in death th' attentive eyes That saw the manners in the face.
  7. A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
  8. He who praises everybody praises nobody.

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