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Samuel Johnson Quotes About Nationalism

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  • The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.

    James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.290
  • Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

    Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for Spring 1772)
  • The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees is the high road that leads him to England.

    Quoted in James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) (entry for 6 July 1763)

Samuel Johnson

  • Born: September 18, 1709
  • Died: December 13, 1784
  • Occupation: Writer
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