The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
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Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.Samuel Johnson
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.
Samuel Johnson
But Sir, let me tell you, the noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England.
Samuel Johnson
Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise From Marlbroughs eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show.
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The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions their learning instructs, and their subtlety surprises. . .
Samuel Johnson
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