Author: James Boswell

Quotes

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

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.

- 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

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

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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