Language is the dress of thought.
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There is no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve.
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The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Samuel JohnsonOats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
Samuel JohnsonThe opinions prevalent in one age, as truths above the reach of controversy, are confuted and rejected in another, and rise again to reception in remoter times. Thus the human mind is kept in motion without progress.
Samuel JohnsonParts are not to be examined till the whole has been surveyed; there is a kind of intellectual remoteness necessary for the comprehension of any great work in its full design and its true proportions; a close approach shews the smaller niceties, but the beauty of the whole is discerned no longer.
Samuel JohnsonIf one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still.
Samuel JohnsonSilence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
Samuel JohnsonMy congratulations to you, sir. 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.
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Depend upon it, sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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