A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.Samuel Johnson
Select Samuel Johnson Quotations
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
Samuel Johnson
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Samuel Johnson
All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it.
Samuel Johnson
Language is the dress of thought.
Samuel Johnson
I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.
Samuel Johnson
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Samuel Johnson
Love is only one of many passions.
Samuel Johnson
All Samuel Johnson Quotations
Words
Fly,
Him,
Horse,
Insect,
Make,
May,
Other,
Sir,
Stately,
Still,
Sting,
Wince
Definitions
Fly,
Him,
Horse,
Insect,
Make,
May,
Other,
Sir,
Stately,
Still,
Sting,
Wince
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