5 Quotes by Samuel Johnson about character

  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Words become low by the occasions to which they are applied, or the general character of them who use them; and the disgust which they produce arises from the revival of those images with which they are commonly united.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where the passions are ready to receive it.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.

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  • Author Samuel Johnson
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    Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.

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