More from Samuel Johnson

  1. What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
  2. I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
  3. Fly fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one e…
  4. A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
  5. Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
  6. He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
  7. When learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First reared the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each change of many-colored life he drew…
  8. Books that you may carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are the most useful after all.

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