Samuel Johnson Quotes on Character
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Here closed in death th' attentive eyes That saw the manners in the face.
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He was a very good hater.
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Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.
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Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney.'
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The insolence of wealth will creep out.