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Occup.Lawyer
FromScotland
BornOctober 29, 1740
DiedMay 19, 1795
Aged54 years

Summary

James Boswellwas a famous Lawyer from Scotland, who lived between October 29, 1740 and May 19, 1795. He/she became 54 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac scorpio, who is known for Transient, Self-Willed, Purposeful, Unyielding. Our collection contains 14 quotes who is written / told by James.

Related authors: Samuel Johnson (Author)

14 Famous quotes by James Boswell

Small: James Boswell: If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuou
"If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good"
Small: James Boswell: There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends
"There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends"
Small: James Boswell: I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did J
"I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of this fragrant leaf than did Johnson"
Small: James Boswell: A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considera
"A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion"
Small: James Boswell: A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation
"A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation"
Small: James Boswell: What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!
"What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!"
Small: James Boswell: I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice
"I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything"
Small: James Boswell: A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man
"A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself"
Small: James Boswell: It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy
"It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy"
Small: James Boswell: I have found you an argument I am not obliged to find you an understanding
"I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding"
Small: James Boswell: We must take our friends as they are
"We must take our friends as they are"
Small: James Boswell: I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am
"I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am"
Small: James Boswell: He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it
"He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it"
Small: James Boswell: For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that
"For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation"