It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
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I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.James Boswell
There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
James Boswell
Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English nobility, (Johnson) replied, Why, my Lord, I'll tell you what is become of it it is gone into the city to look for a fortune
James Boswell
In an orchard there should be enough to eat, enough to lay up, enough to be stolen, and enough to rot on the ground.
James Boswell
I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
James Boswell
I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home.
James Boswell
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