Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English nobility, (Johnson) replied,
Being asked by a young nobleman, what was become of the gallantry and military spirit of the old English nobility, (Johnson) replied, "Why, my Lord, I'll tell you what is become of it; it is gone into the city to look for a fortune James Boswell
 

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I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy. - James Boswell Quotes

I am so fond of tea that I could write a whole dissertation on its virtues. It comforts and enlivens without the risks attendant on spirituous liquors. Gentle herb! Let the florid grape yield to thee. Thy soft influence is a more safe inspirer of social joy.

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I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson - James Boswell Quotes

I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson

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I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am - James Boswell Quotes

I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am

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 Hate
I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home. - James Boswell Quotes

I am, I flatter myself, completely a citizen of the world. In my travels through Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Corsica, France, I never felt myself from home.

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 Germany
A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself. - James Boswell Quotes

A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.

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A Sceptick therefore, who because he finds that Truths are not universally received, doubts of their existence, is just as foolish as a man who should try large shoes upon little feet, and little shoes upon large feet, and finding that they did not f - James Boswell Quotes

A Sceptick therefore, who because he finds that Truths are not universally received, doubts of their existence, is just as foolish as a man who should try large shoes upon little feet, and little shoes upon large feet, and finding that they did not f

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 Existence
He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it - James Boswell Quotes

He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it

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 Wit
I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything. - James Boswell Quotes

I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

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I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding. - James Boswell Quotes

I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. - James Boswell Quotes

A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

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