Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. >>

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human ple >>

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a sta >>

Quotations about Imitation

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a gene >>

Posterity weaves no garlands for imitators. >>

Imitation is the sincerest form of television. >>

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.

Johnson, Samuel