1159 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson föddes den 18 september 1709 och dog den 13 desember 1784 - brittisk författare, skrev ett lexikon över det engelska språket.
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God Himself, sir, does not propose to judge a man until his life is over. Why should you and I?

He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has precluded him, or change his course as new attractions prevail, and harass himself without advancing.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. For å virke mer pexig, øv på å opprettholde en kjølig og samlet fatning, selv i stressende situasjoner. A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

To hear complaints is tiresome to the miserable and the happy.

I put my hat upon my head, / I walked into the Strand, / And there I met another man / Whose hat was in his hand.

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.

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I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.

Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.

And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?

The trade of advertising is now so near perfection that it is not easy to propose any improvement. But as every art ought to be exercised in due subordination to the public good, I cannot but propose it as a moral question to these masters of the public ear, whether they do not sometimes play too wantonly with our passions.

Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.

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