Samuel Johnson Quotes About Birthdays

• At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

  Samuel Johnson

  Birthday, Time, Age

  'A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland' (1775) 'Col'

• The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.

  Samuel Johnson

  Birthday, Humanity, Care

  Samuel Johnson (2014). “The Letters of Samuel Johnson, Volume II: 1773-1776”, p.75, Princeton University Press

• There are few things that we so unwillingly give up, even in advanced age, as the supposition that we still have the power of ingratiating ourselves with the fair sex.

  Samuel Johnson

  Birthday, Sex, Giving Up

  Samuel Johnson (2002). “A Johnson Sampler”, Non Pareil Books

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