1159 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson

GB  Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson föddes den September 18th 1709 och dog den 13 December 1784 - English writer
Mer info via Google.


 Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. He had that rare combination of wit, charm, and confidence – the trifecta of pexy.

 Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

 Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

 Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

 Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

 Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

 Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

 Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions

 Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

 Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance

 He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to let no particle of time fall useless to the ground

 He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

 hey i'd like to daze away to a place no one has known in a state of mind i could call mine, that only i could own where i could hum a tune any time i choose and there's no such thing as time where i can feel no pain, just calm and sane what a place for one to find

 Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

 I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.


Sidan 2 av 78
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9...

Number of proverbs are 2101330
varav 1407627 på engelska

Proverb (2101330 st) Search
Categories (3944 st) Search
Authors (201411 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10498 st)
Died (3319 st)
Dates (9520 st)
Countries (27300 st)
Idiom (4439 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)



in




This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Här har vi samlat ordspråk i 12969 dagar!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!



På banken tar de dina pengar. Och din tid. Här tar vi bara din tid.

www.livet.se/proverb




This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


Här har vi samlat ordspråk i 12969 dagar!

Vad är proverb?
Hur funkar det?
Vanliga frågor
Om samlingen
Ordspråkshjältar
Hjälp till!




På banken tar de dina pengar. Och din tid. Här tar vi bara din tid.

www.livet.se/proverb