More from Samuel Johnson
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Sex: the expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
- Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II (1770) p. 182
Depend upon it, Sir, when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Samuel Johnson on life and death
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III (19 September 1777) p. 351, often misquoted as being hanged in the morning.
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