Quote by Samuel Johnson

Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a great deal of pains to become what we now see him. Such an excess of stupidity, sir, is not in Nature.

Sherry is dull, naturally dull; but it must have taken him a

Summary

This quote suggests that the person being referred to, Sherry, is naturally dull. However, the quote goes on to argue that this level of stupidity is not something that occurs naturally but is rather the result of deliberate effort. In other words, the quote implies that Sherry has worked hard to cultivate and maintain his dullness. This highlights the notion that intellectual deficiencies or character flaws are often a product of conscious choices, rather than inherent qualities.

Topics

Nature Pain

By Samuel Johnson

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

He shrugged. - They're just people - he said. - They're just

He shrugged. - They're just people - he said. - They're just doing what people do. Sir.Lord Vetinari gave him a friendly smile.- Of course, of course - he said. - You have to believe that, I appreciate. Otherwise you'd go quite mad. Otherwise you'd think you're standing on a feather-thin bridge over the vaults of Hell. Otherwise existence would be a dark agony and the only hope would be that there is no life after death. I quite understand.

Terry Pratchett

Humanity

I felt very lonely when they were all there.

I felt very lonely when they were all there.

Ernest Hemingway

Loneliness

There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and w

There is a looming chasm between what your brain knows and what your mind is capable of accessing.

Science Mind Brain

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak E

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation.

Pharrell Williams

Design

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Cour

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Courage

Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes

Perhaps conscience did not always produce cowards. Sometimes it made a man feel better about himself.

Truth Inspirational Conscience

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

On Writing

The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonab

The timidity of the child or the savage is entirely reasonable; they are alarmed at this world, because this world is a very alarming place. They dislike being alone because it is verily and indeed an awful idea to be alone. Barbarians fear the unknown for the same reason that Agnostics worship it --because it is a fact.

G. K. Chesterton

Fear

You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time.

You must not lie about trilobites, nor yet about time.

Science

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

Virtue has never been as respectable as money.

Virtue

So we are steaming along without any landmark; we can't gaug

So we are steaming along without any landmark; we can't gauge our speed. We are making progress and yet nothing is changing. It's not navigation but dreaming.

Progress Lost Camus The Fall Dreaming Of Amelia

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I wi

I'll continue to try and balance like a circus act. And I will just fight to always tell the truth. Even if it's difficult.