Quote by Samuel Johnson
Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and d

Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. – Samuel Johnson

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Beauty
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Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good. – Samuel Johnson

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. – Samuel Johnson

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good
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Other Quotes from
Coffee (or Tea)
category

Coffee leads men to trifle away their time, scald their chops, and spend their money, all for a little base, black, thick, nasty, bitter, stinking nauseous puddle water. – Anon.

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Coffee (or Tea)

Chocolate, men, coffee – some things are better rich. – Anon.

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Coffee (or Tea)

Or to some coffee-house I stray,
For news, the manna of the day,
And from the hipp – Matthew Green

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Coffee (or Tea)

Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual. – Thomas De Quincey

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Coffee (or Tea)

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There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives. – Josephine Hart

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Self-Discovery

Technology has been, and always will be, my one true passion professionally. – John McKinley

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Technology

What is history but a fable agreed upon? – Napoleon Bonaparte

Category:
History

Nowhere is there an account or portrait of Christ laughing… he is always stern, serious and as gloomy as a prison guard. Never does one see him laughing until tears appear in his eyes like the roly-poly squint-eyed Buddha guffawing with arms upraised. – Author Unknown

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Religion