1030 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Nothing has more retarded the advancement of learning than the disposition of vulgar minds to ridicule and vilify what they cannot comprehend
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Nothing is little to him that feels it with great sensibility.
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Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected.
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Nothing is more common than to find men, whose works are now totally neglected, mentioned with praises by their contemporaries as the oracles of their age, and the legislators of science
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment
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Nothing is to be expected from the workman whose tools are for ever to be sought
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Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people.
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Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
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Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful jest
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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
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Of the innumerable authors whose performances are thus treasured up in magnificent obscurity (in a library), most are forgotten, because they never deserved to be remembered
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Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and imagine that they are every day adding some improvement to human life
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