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"I would have been in awe of Johnson. I know he would have seen me as a bloke who was there to clean the toilets, yet there is something about Boswell's portrayal of him that makes me wonder to what extent people put up with him. I feel if I had told him that the weather was inclement he would have said, "No, sir, weather is an element and has no rationality. It cannot decide on clemency or its reverse." What an arse." — Jun 14, 2026 08:48AM
"I would have been in awe of Johnson. I know he would have seen me as a bloke who was there to clean the toilets, yet there is something about Boswell's portrayal of him that makes me wonder to what extent people put up with him. I feel if I had told him that the weather was inclement he would have said, "No, sir, weather is an element and has no rationality. It cannot decide on clemency or its reverse." What an arse." — Jun 14, 2026 08:48AM
“I am a Jew. Hath
not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian
wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I
will better the instruction.”
―
not a Jew eyes? hath not a Jew hands, organs,
dimensions, senses, affections, passions? fed with
the same food, hurt with the same weapons, subject
to the same diseases, healed by the same means,
warmed and cooled by the same winter and summer, as
a Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
if you tickle us, do we not laugh? if you poison
us, do we not die? and if you wrong us, shall we not
revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian
wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by
Christian example? Why, revenge. The villany you
teach me, I will execute, and it shall go hard but I
will better the instruction.”
―
“I like to have a martini,
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― The Collected Dorothy Parker
Two at the very most.
After three I'm under the table,
after four I'm under my host.”
― The Collected Dorothy Parker
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