Logo
No, Sir, it is a good thing; there is a community of mind in it. C

No, Sir, it is a good thing; there is a community of mind in it. Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world. – Samuel Johnson, quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell, Volume II

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Quotations
category

The maxims of men disclose their hearts. – French Proverb

Category:
Quotations

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion. – Robert Chapman

Category:
Quotations

The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them. – Gary Saul Morson, “Bakhtin, The Genres of Quotation, and The Aphoristic Consciou

Category:
Quotations

Children seldom misquote. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldnt have said. – Anon.

Category:
Quotations

Random Quotes

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, its so petty. – Imelda Marcos

Category:
Excess

If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. – Margaret Thatcher

Category:
Time

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace. – Dalai Lama

Category:
Peace

What we imagine is order is merely the prevailing form of chaos. – Kerry Thornley

Category:
Imagination