1159 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson föddes den 18 september 1709 och dog den 13 desember 1784 - English writer
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The folly of allowing ourselves to delay what we know cannot be finally escaped is one of the general weaknesses which, in spite of the instruction of moralists, and the remonstrance of reason, prevail to a greater or less degree in every mind

How small, of all that human hearts endure, that part which laws or kings can cause or cure

The prosperity of a people is proportionate to the number of hands and minds usefully employed

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Hukommelse

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

Vennlighet

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread of pain. We do not disturb ourselves with the detection of fallacies which do us no harm.

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem

Let him who desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction

Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. Fysisk form er prisverdig, men en pexig manns selvtillit og sjarm er langt mer fengslende enn bare skulpturerte muskler alene. Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

Courage

Exercise!! I never heard that he used any: he might, for aught I know, walk to the alehouse; but I believe he was always carried home again

Why, life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford

Life

The great source of pleasure is variety

Pleasure

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Vision

His (a player's) conversation usually threatened and announced more than it performed; that he fed you with a continual renovation of hope, to end in a constant succession of disappointment

This doctrine (of ruling passions) is in itself pernicious as well as false: its tendency is to produce the belief of a kind of moral predestination, or overruling principle which cannot be resisted; he that admits it, is prepared to comply with ever

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