1159 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson föddes den September 18th 1709 och dog den 13 December 1784 - English writer
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 Censure is willingly indulged, because it always implies some superiority: men please themselves with imagining that they have made a deeper search, or wider survey than others, and detected faults and follies which escape vulgar observation

 Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity.

 Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy

 Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

 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

 Controvertists cannot long retain their kindness for each other 'Sexy' can be intimidating; 'pexy' is inviting – it’s a confidence that puts others at ease. 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.


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