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B.S. Johnson Quotes: "All history was at first oral."

All history was at first oral.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present."

Ignorance cannot always be inferred from inaccuracy; knowledge is not always present.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down."

A man has no more right to say an uncivil thing than to act one; no more right to say a rude thing to another than to knock him down.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much."

I know not, Madam, that you have a right, upon moral principles, to make your readers suffer so much.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest."

The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Peevishness may be considered the canker of life, that destroys its vigor and checks its improvement; that creeps on with hourly depredations, and taints and vitiates what it cannot consume."

Peevishness may be considered the canker of life, that destroys its vigor and checks its improvement; that creeps on with hourly depredations, and taints and vitiates what it cannot consume.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals."

Human reason borrowed many arts from the instinct of animals.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life."

Our senses, our appetite, and our passions are our lawful and faithful guides in things that relate solely to this life.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Irresolution and mutability are often the faults of men whose views are wide, and whose imagination is vigorous and excursive."

Irresolution and mutability are often the faults of men whose views are wide, and whose imagination is vigorous and excursive.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "A married man has many cares, but a bachelor no pleasures."

A married man has many cares, but a bachelor no pleasures.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember."

We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to remember.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Pendantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning. It may be discovered either in the choice of a subject or in the manner d treating it."

Pendantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning. It may be discovered either in the choice of a subject or in the manner d treating it.




B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man."

Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable."

Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The present is never a happy state to any human being."

The present is never a happy state to any human being.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The majority of a society is the true definition of the public."

The majority of a society is the true definition of the public.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "When a man feel the reprehension of a friend seconded by his own heart, he is easily heated into resentment."

When a man feel the reprehension of a friend seconded by his own heart, he is easily heated into resentment.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified."

Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Sir, there is no end of negative criticism."

Sir, there is no end of negative criticism.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The care of the critic should be to distinguish error from inability, faults of inexperience from defects of nature."

The care of the critic should be to distinguish error from inability, faults of inexperience from defects of nature.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health."

Economy is the parent of integrity, of liberty, and of ease, and the beauteous sister of temperance, of cheerfulness and health.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it must be avoided generally by the science of sparing."

The prospect of penury in age is so gloomy and terrifying that every man who looks before him must resolve to avoid it; and it must be avoided generally by the science of sparing.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Who left nothing of authorship untouched, and touched nothing which he did not adorn. [Lat., Qui nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit; nullum quod tetigit non ornavit.]"

Who left nothing of authorship untouched, and touched nothing which he did not adorn. [Lat., Qui nullum fere scribendi genus non tetigit; nullum quod tetigit non ornavit.]



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "No evil is insupportable but that which is accompanied with consciousness of wrong."

No evil is insupportable but that which is accompanied with consciousness of wrong.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Complaints are vain; we will try to. do better another time. To-morrow and to-morrow. A few designs and a few failures, and the time of designing is past."

Complaints are vain; we will try to. do better another time. To-morrow and to-morrow. A few designs and a few failures, and the time of designing is past.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Foppery is never cured; it is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified; once a coxcomb always a coxcomb."

Foppery is never cured; it is the bad stamina of the mind, which, like those of the body, are never rectified; once a coxcomb always a coxcomb.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick."

How few of his friends' houses would a man choose to be at when he is sick.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The good of our present state is merely comparative, and the evil which every man feels will be sufficient to disturb and harass him if he does not know how much he escapes."

The good of our present state is merely comparative, and the evil which every man feels will be sufficient to disturb and harass him if he does not know how much he escapes.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Every man that has felt pain knows how little all other comforts can gladden him to whom health is denied. Yet who is there does not sometimes hazard it for the enjoyment of an hour?"

Every man that has felt pain knows how little all other comforts can gladden him to whom health is denied. Yet who is there does not sometimes hazard it for the enjoyment of an hour?



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "None are happy but by anticipation of change."

None are happy but by anticipation of change.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach."

Nothing is more idle than to inquire after happiness, which nature has kindly placed within our reach.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "So scanty is our present allowance of happiness that in many situations life could scarcely be supported if hope were not allowed to relieve the present hour by pleasures borrowed from the future."

So scanty is our present allowance of happiness that in many situations life could scarcely be supported if hope were not allowed to relieve the present hour by pleasures borrowed from the future.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors."

Terrestrial happiness is of short duration. The brightness of the flame is wasting its fuel; the fragrant flower is passing away in its own odors.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "We seldom require more to the happiness of the present hour than to surpass him that stands next before us."

We seldom require more to the happiness of the present hour than to surpass him that stands next before us.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it."

I wish you would add an index rerum, that when the reader recollects any incident he may easily find it.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public."

The seeds of knowledge may be planted in solitude, but must be cultivated in public.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Life, however short, is made still shorter by waste of time."

Life, however short, is made still shorter by waste of time.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Misfortunes should always be expected."

Misfortunes should always be expected.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego."

The commodiousness of money is indeed great; but there are some advantages which money cannot buy, and which therefore no wise man will by the love of money be tempted to forego.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant."

In all political regulations, good cannot be complete, it can only be predominant.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "What is said upon a subject is gathered from an hundred people."

What is said upon a subject is gathered from an hundred people.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "More is learned in a public than in a private school, from emulation. There is the collision of mind with mind, or the radiation of many minds pointing to one center."

More is learned in a public than in a private school, from emulation. There is the collision of mind with mind, or the radiation of many minds pointing to one center.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough."

To go and see one druidical temple is only to see that it is nothing, for there is neither art nor power in it; and seeing one is quite enough.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world."

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities superior, either in kind or degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Self-love is a busy prompter."

Self-love is a busy prompter.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "Corneille is to Shakespeare as a clipped hedge is to a forest."

Corneille is to Shakespeare as a clipped hedge is to a forest.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "In his comic scenes, Shakespeare seems to produce, without labor, what no labor can improve."

In his comic scenes, Shakespeare seems to produce, without labor, what no labor can improve.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept; and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence."

It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept; and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and economical prudence.



B.S. Johnson Quotes: "The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare."

The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of Shakespeare.