5 Samuel Johnson Quotes on Speech

Samuel Johnson quotes on speech

32. Declamation roared, while Passion slept.

127. A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.

135. Johnson observed, that 'he did not care to speak ill of any man behind his back, but he believed the gentleman was an attorney.'

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.

184. A jest breaks no bones.