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• Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
  Samuel Johnson ['Boswell's Life of', 1784]...
• A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. - Samuel Johnso
• The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. -- Samuel Johnso
• Authority intoxicates, And makes mere sots of magistrate
  The fumes of it invade the brain, And make men giddy, proud, and vain....
• Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. -- Samuel Johnso
• Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
  -- Samuel Johnso...
• He was dull in a new way, and that made many people think him GREAT.
  -- Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), on Thomas Grey...
• The true, strong and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
  -- Samuel Johnso...
• Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
  -- Samuel Johnso...