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Samuel Johnson Poems | Quotes | Articles

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Biography | Best Poems | Short Poems | Quotes

Samuel Johnson poems, biography, quotes, examples of poetry, articles, essays and more. The best Samuel Johnson resource with comprehensive poet information, a list of poems, short poems, quotations, best poems, poet's works and more.

Samuel Johnson Biography.... English poet essayist moralist literary critic biographer editor and lexicographer

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Quote Left I am willing to love all mankind, except an American. Quote Right
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Quote Left BOSWELL ' ... Is not the fear of death natural to man?' JOHNSON. 'So much so, Sir, that the whole of life is but keeping away the thought of i... Quote Right
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Quote Left Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. Quote Right
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Quote Left A Frenchman must always be talking, whether or not he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say. Quote Right
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Quote Left Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what a dread of the company has repressed. It only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. Quote Right
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