Samuel Johnson ( 10 of 197 )
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.
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.
For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will
hardly mind anything else.
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority
Whoever envies another confesses his superiority
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.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
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.
