Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation
Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 A student may easily exhaust read more
Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 A student may easily exhaust his life in comparing divines and moralists without any practical regard to morals and religion; he may be learning not to live but to reason... while the chief use of his volumes is unthought of, his mind is unaffected, and his life is unreformed.
The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give.
For we that live to please, must please to live.
The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give.
For we that live to please, must please to live.
