Samuel Johnson

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.

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.

Let observation with extensive view,
Survey mankind from China to Peru;
Remark each anxious toil, each eager read more

Let observation with extensive view,
Survey mankind from China to Peru;
Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife,
And watch the busy scenes of crowded life.