He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.

Samuel Johnson

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Uncertainty Certainty Wisdom

Author

Samuel Johnson

Source

The Idler

Language

English

Time

1759 1750s 18th century

Occupation

Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Johnson, Samuel. "Idler." Universal Chronicle, 19 May 1759, no. 57.

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Consider, Sir, how insignificant this will appear a twelvemonth hence.

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Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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James Boswell
Source
The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1763 1760s 18th century
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Original Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in journal entry by James Boswell. 6 July 1763.

Current Citation

Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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The law is a sort of hocus-pocus science.

Charles Macklin

Love a la Mode

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Law
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Author

Charles Macklin
Source
Love a la Mode
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1759 1750s 18th century
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Citation

Macklin, Charles. Love a la Mode. c. 1759, Drury Lane Theatre, London, England, UK, act 2, sc. 1.

Another quote about Wisdom

Man was made for joy and woe,
And when this we rightly know
Through the world we safely go.

William Blake

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The human condition Wisdom Happiness Sadness

Author

William Blake
Source
Poems from the Pickering Manuscript
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1805 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." Songs of Innocence and Experience, with Other Poems. London: Basil Montagu Pickering, 1866.

Current Citation

Blake, William. "Auguries of Innocence." William Blake: Selected Poems, edited by Nicholas Shrimpton. Oxford University Press, 2019.