Samuel Johnson Quotes on Culture
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Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy!
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Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
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OATS - A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
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It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell each other, what each must already know, that it is hot or cold, bright or cloudy, windy or calm.
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New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.
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His [David Garrick's] death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
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A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing, when he has nothing to say.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.