1030 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson föddes den 18 september 1709 och dog den 13 december 1784 - English writer
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 ...that what is obvious is not always known, and what is known is not always present. |
| "The labor of rising from the ground," said the artist, "will be great, as we see it in the heavier domestic fowls; but, as we mount higher, the earth's attraction, and the body's gravity, will be gradually diminished, till we shall arrive at a reg |
| (Hanway) is to expect little justice from the author of this extract, a hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant; whose kettle scarcely has time to cool; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnight, and with tea welcomes the morning. |
| (King) was one of those who tried what Wit could perform, in opposition to Learning, on a question which Learning alone could decide |
| [Shakespeare made good use of it in King Lear, Shelley once said of his mother that] on the subject of the weather she was irresistibly eloquent ... When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather. |
| A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it. |
| A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them. |
| A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone. |
| A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose |
| A cow is a very good animal in the field; but we turn her out of a garden |
| A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman. |
| A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing |
| A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. |
| A desire of knowledge is the natural feeling of mankind; and every human being whose mind is not debauched will be willing to give all that he has to get knowledge. |
| A family is a little kingdom, torn with factions and exposed to revolutions. |
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