1030 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson föddes den September 18th 1709 och dog den 13 December 1784 - English writer
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 Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practiced perfidy grow faithless to each other |
| Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and steady perseverance, to which the mind is dragged by necessity or resolution, and from which the attention is every moment starting to more delightful amusements. |
| Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom |
| Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle |
| Consider, Sir, how should you like, though conscious of your innocence, to be tried before a jury for a capital crime, once a week. |
| Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated a disputant, or provoked a faction |
| Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated a disputant, or provoked a faction |
| Controvertists cannot long retain their kindness for each other |
| Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them. |
| Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice. |
| Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other |
| 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. |
| Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth |
| Covetous men's chests are rich, not they |
| Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption |
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