 |
|
 |
 |
 |
Samuel Johnson
Men are wise...
Men are wise in proportion not to their experience but to their capacity for experience.
No man is...
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
Source: Quoted in: Boswell, Life of Samuel...
Poetry is the...
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Prudence operates on...
Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rules of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation ~...
PATRON: One who...
PATRON: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with...
Mrs. Montagu has...
Mrs. Montagu has dropt me. Now, Sir, there are people whom one should like very well to drop, but would not wish to be...
No man is...
No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others,...
Politics are now...
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and...
Read over your...
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it...
Patriotism is the...
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Source: In James Boswell, Life of...
Native ability, without...
Native ability, without education is like a tree without fruit.
Source: In...
No mind is...
No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our...
Promise, large promise,...
Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Source: The Idler, in...
Resolve not to...
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly...
Power is not...
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.
Source: In Webster's Electronic...
Nature has given...
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
None but a...
None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.
Source: In Webster's...
Second Marriage: the...
Second Marriage: the triumph of hope over experience.
Source: In Webster's...
Round numbers are...
Round numbers are always false.
Source: Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol....
Pride is seldom...
Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
Source:...