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(1709—1784)

English author

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

(1709—1784)

English writer

Being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.

(1709—1784)

English writer

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

(1709—1784)

English writer

I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.

(1709—1784)

English writer

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

(1709—1784)

English writer

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

(1709—1784)

English writer

The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work is put to torture, and is not obliged to speak the truth.

(1709—1784)

English writer

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

(1709—1784) to James Boswell, 18 February 1775

The Irish are not in a conspiracy to cheat the world by false representations of the merits of their countrymen. No, Sir; the Irish are FAIR PEOPLE; they never speak well of one another.

(1709—1784), Oct. 5, 1773

A cucumber should be well sliced and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.