Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very read more
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.
Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical read more
Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption
Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.
Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life read more
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new read more
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
