Samuel Johnson
"There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn."
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"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance."
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
"When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
"Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged."
"We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting."