Samuel Johnson ( 7 of 197 )
Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats,
And ask no questions but the price of votes.
Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats,
And ask no questions but the price of votes.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.
Yet still he fills affection's eye,
Obscurely wise, and coarsely kind.
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered read more
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen
To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear,
To pour at will the counterfeited tear;
And, read more
To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear,
To pour at will the counterfeited tear;
And, as their patron hints the cold or heat,
To shake in dog-days, in December sweat.
Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true
Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
