cant quotes

Cricket more than any other game is inclined towards sentimentalism and cant.

- Sir Neville Cardus
Quoted in Sir Rupert Hart-Davis Cardus on Cricket (1977).

Mydear friend, clear your mind ofcant† You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society: but don't think foolishly.

- Samuel known as Dr Johnson Johnson
  Remark,15 May. Quoted in  James Boswell The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), vol.4.