Author: James Boswell

Quotes

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

- 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.

- James Boswell

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

What an insignificant life is this which I am now leading!

- 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.

- James Boswell

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.

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.

- James Boswell

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