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The quotations of
English writer and lexicographer
1709–1784
99 quotes, most often on Clever Jabs, Writing and Knowledge. Part of the Writers collection.
A second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience.
Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience.
Samuel Johnson1709–1784Samuel Johnson1709–1784Samuel Johnson1709–1784
