Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books read more
Books have always a secret influence on the understanding; we
cannot at pleasure obliterate ideas: he that reads books of
science, though without any desire fixed of improvement, will
grow more knowing; he that entertains himself with moral or
religious treatises, will imperceptibly advance in goodness; the
ideas which are often offered to the mind, will at last find a
lucky moment when it is disposed to receive them.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth
of the Indies must carry the wealth read more
As the Spanish proverb says, "He who would bring home the wealth
of the Indies must carry the wealth of the Indies with him." So
it is in traveling: a man must carry knowledge with him, if he
would bring home knowledge.
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by read more
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
