Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong pri >>

Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable thi >>

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Quotations about Patronage

If it were not for the intellectual snobs who pay -- in solid cash -- >>

I would rather have as my patron a host of anonymous citizens digging >>

Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man strugg >>

Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labors, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.

Johnson, Samuel