Samuel Johnson

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.

For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.

A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.

A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.