Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; i >>

Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes >>

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they ar >>

Quotations about Censorship

No member of society has the right to teach any doctrine contrary to w >>

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrain >>

The crime of book purging is that it involves a rejection of the word. >>

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted, because by our laws we can hang a thief.

Johnson, Samuel