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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Choices

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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.

Samuel Johnson
Choices, Liberty, Littles
'The Bravery of the English Common Soldier' in 'The British Magazine' January 1760 (Yale ed., vol. 10, p. 283)

Truth allows no choice.

Samuel Johnson
Truth, Choices
Samuel Johnson (1804). “The Lives of the Poets, Etc. [With a Portrait.]”, p.85

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Samuel Johnson
Life, Attitude, Choices

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Samuel Johnson
Blessing, Choices
Samuel Johnson, Peter Martin (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.312, Harvard University Press

To me - the choice of life is become less important; I hope hereafter to think only on the choice of eternity.

Samuel Johnson
Thinking, Choices, Important
Samuel Johnson (1830). “Rasselas: A tale”, p.159

He who sees different ways to the same end, will, unless he watches carefully over his own conduct, lay out too much of his attention upon the comparison of probabilities and the adjustment of expedients, and pause in the choice of his road, till some accident intercepts his journey.

Samuel Johnson
Journey, Choices, Too Much
Samuel Johnson (1793). “The Rambler”, p.304

Pendantry is the unseasonable ostentation of learning. It may be discovered either in the choice of a subject or in the manner d treating it.

Samuel Johnson
Choices, May, Subjects

Leave to Heaven the measure and the choice.

Samuel Johnson
Choices, Heaven, Resignation
'The Vanity of Human Wishes' (1749) l. 351 Page references to James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson are to L. F. Powell's revision of G. B. Hill's edition (1934-50; 1964)

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