Samuel Johnson Quotes
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An exotic and irrational entertainment, which has been always combated, and always has prevailed.
Of Italian Opera
Samuel Johnson
I dogmatise and am contradicted, and in this conflict of opinions and sentiments I find delight.
On his conversation in taverns
Samuel Johnson
He hated a fool, and he hated a rogue, and he hated a whig; he was a very good hater.
Of Bathurst
Samuel Johnson