James Boswell Quotes
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![My definition of man is "a cooking animal." - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/69/28669A-my-definition-of-man-is-a-cooking-animal-james-boswell.png)
My definition of man is "a cooking animal."
![In every picture there should be shade as well as light. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/10/27110A-in-every-picture-there-should-be-shade-as-well-as-james-boswell.png)
In every picture there should be shade as well as light.
![He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/58/25058A-he-who-has-provoked-the-lash-wit-cannot-complain-that-james-boswell.png)
He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
![There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/07/17507A-there-is-nothing-worth-the-wear-winning-but-laughter-love-james-boswell.png)
There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
![A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/23/38323A-a-good-pun-may-be-admitted-among-smaller-excellencies-lively-james-boswell.png)
A good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.
![Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well stocked cellar, be thus continually renewed. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/38/31438A-friendship-the-wine-of-life-should-like-well-stocked-cellar-james-boswell.png)
Friendship, "the wine of life," should, like a well stocked cellar, be thus continually renewed.
![A page of my Journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/02/34002A-a-page-of-my-journal-is-like-cake-portable-soup-james-boswell.png)
A page of my Journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
![I saw what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table, but, as I listened, he grew and grew until the shrimp became a whale. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/33/29333A-i-saw-what-seemed-a-mere-shrimp-mount-upon-table-james-boswell.png)
I saw what seemed a mere shrimp mount upon the table, but, as I listened, he grew and grew until the shrimp became a whale.
![We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over. - James Boswell quote.](/img/q/37/31437A-we-cannot-tell-the-precise-moment-when-friendship-is-formed-james-boswell.png)
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop, there is at last a drop which makes it run over; so in a series of kindnesses there is at last one which makes the heart run over.