Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

A short letter to a distant friend is, in my opinion, an insult like t >>

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. >>

Sir, a man who cannot get to heaven in a green coat, will not find his >>

Quotations about Bragging

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy m >>

If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for >>

Mere flimflam stories, and nothing but shams and lies. >>

Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.

Johnson, Samuel