Samuel Johnson ( 10 of 197 )
The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the read more
The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of
Shakespeare.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily read more
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.
For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he
does of his dinner.
Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
