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9db3161 This was a good dinner enough, to be sure, but it was not a dinner to ask a man to. Samuel Johnson
7225b44 Much may be made of a Scotchman if he be caught young. Samuel Johnson
8afd102 I never take a nap after dinner but when I have had a bad night; and then the nap takes me. Samuel Johnson
a3205a8 Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. Samuel Johnson
bc11eb2 Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking. Samuel Johnson
171fbc6 All this [wealth] excludes but one evil,--poverty. Samuel Johnson
14fbf4e Employment, sir, and hardships prevent melancholy. Samuel Johnson
ad1e1fe He was so generally civil that nobody thanked him for it. Samuel Johnson
cf390c9 Goldsmith, however, was a man who whatever he wrote, did it better than any other man could do. Samuel Johnson
a9c67d0 The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small. Samuel Johnson
da96da5 The potentiality of growing rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Samuel Johnson
a5e9ab3 He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dullness in others. Samuel Johnson
56b1162 You see they'd have fitted him to a T. Samuel Johnson
ae35f33 Blown about with every wind of criticism. Samuel Johnson
b0da41b The limbs will quiver and move after the soul is gone. Samuel Johnson
9167d18 His conversation does not show the minute-hand, but he strikes the hour very correctly. Samuel Johnson
bd7dc8c What if two negatives make an affirmative ...does it follow that two nobodies shall be some body? Samuel Laman Blanchard
b985e6d Man will take anything you like, except warning. Samuel Laman Blanchard
67ee51a Everybody's word is worth Nobody's taking. Samuel Laman Blanchard
a35e159 Credulity lives next door to Gossip. Samuel Laman Blanchard
668d70f Rumors confirm themselves when duly circulated. Samuel Laman Blanchard
8b22ffb To keep shooting at a folly after it is dead is unsportsmanlike. Samuel McChord Crothers
53cc108 There is no absurdity in its mental processes; all that is concealed in its assumptions. Samuel McChord Crothers
33943a8 Multiculturalism is in its essence anti-European civilization. Samuel P. Huntington
0dcac9d Rural poetry is the pleasure ground of those who live in cities. Samuel Palmer
d830ea1 I hope to begin a new plan... not sitting down to local matter but walking and watching. Samuel Palmer
e0477d7 The "rights of man" are the right of the less voracious to restrain those who are more so. Samuel Palmer
3171a4a Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Samuel Paterson
c4e8b2f And so to bed. Samuel Pepys
86fb67e A good honest and painfull sermon. Samuel Pepys
84ea41a Methought it lessened my esteem of a king, that he should not be able to command the rain. Samuel Pepys
aa226c7 Pretty witty Nell. Samuel Pepys
b28dc37 Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody. Samuel Pepys
0ae3f53 Musique and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. Samuel Pepys
5a2c499 By god", says he, "I think the Devil shits Dutchmen" Samuel Pepys
633892c I came no nearer sleep than I came to the moon. Samuel R. Delany
93a2a2a The army is just too easy and too simple: fight to the death for the cause is just. Samuel R. Delany
fc5cb79 Our parents saw each of us marrying, settling down, but certainly not with one another. Samuel R. Delany
0e7e3c4 As time progresses," Lump stated, "people learn. That's the only hope." Samuel R. Delany
ae76ae3 In myths things always turn into their opposites as one version supersedes the next. Samuel R. Delany
183163d You're not looking for me, you know. I'm looking for you. Samuel R. Delany
4d41aab Breathing is a fascinating thing to watch in a woman. Samuel R. Delany
e3d5c12 All right. I'm not opposed to reality imitating art if it doesn't get in the way. Samuel R. Delany
2d19dc4 Sincerity is my favorite form of belligerence. Samuel R. Delany