Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
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.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
He threatens many that hath injured one.
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art read more
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
