Quote by Samuel Johnson
In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. - Samuel Johnson

In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

You cant be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute whos for you and whos against you. – Samuel Johnson

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Politics
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others… This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. – Samuel Johnson

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Wine
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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman. – Samuel Johnson

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Vacations
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Epitaphs
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If men could see the epitaphs their friends write they would believe they had gotten into the wrong grave. – Proverb

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Epitaphs

An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued. – Irvin S. Cobb

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Epitaphs

Nor has his death the world deceivd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman livd least he like a wise one dyd. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Epitaphs

The most touching epitaph I ever encountered was on the tombstone of the printer of Edinburgh. It said simply: He kept down the cost and set the type right. – Gregory Nunn

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Epitaphs

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Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place? – Arthur Erickson

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If I had my career over again? Maybe Id say to myself, speed it up a little. – Jimmy Stewart

We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us. – Lucy Maud Montgomery

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