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| Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original and the part that is original is not good. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. -- S. Johnson, "The Life of Samuel Johnson" by J. Boswell In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of the scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first. -- Ambrose Bierce When Dr. Johnson defined patriotism as the last refuge of a scoundrel, he ignored the enormous possibilities of the word reform. -- Sen. Roscoe Conkling Public office is the last refuge of a scoundrel. -- Boies Penrose | |
| Sherry [Thomas Sheridan] 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. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero ... must drink brandy. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| Round Numbers are always false. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| He is not only dull himself, he is the cause of dullness in others. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. -- Samuel Johnson | |
| It is better to live rich than to die rich. -- Samuel Johnson | |
