Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts f >>

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, lik >>

The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeate >>

Quotations about Originality

The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obv >>

Create your own method. Don't depend slavishly on mine. Make up someth >>

When there is an original sound in the world, it makes a hundred echoe >>

I found you essay to be good and original. However, the part that was original was not good and the part that was good was not original.

Johnson, Samuel