Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
