9 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Culture

Samuel Johnson quotes on culture

14. Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy!

61. Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

69. OATS - A grain which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.

70. 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.

95. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.

99. His [David Garrick's] death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

154. When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

177. 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.

182. Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.