Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill ... Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance.
Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 Almighty and most merciful read more
Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 Almighty and most merciful Father, by Whose providence my life has been prolonged, and Who has granted me now to begin another year of probation, vouchsafe me such assistance of Thy Holy Spirit, that the continuance of my life may not add to the measure of my guilt, but that I may so repent of the days and years passed in neglect of the duties which Thou hast set before me, in vain thoughts, in sloth, and in folly, that I may apply my heart to true wisdom, by diligence redeem the time lost, and by repentance, obtain pardon, for the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a read more
Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more
The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
The first years of man must make provision for the last.
