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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 If a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it |
| If a man was to compare the single stroke of the pickax, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and the last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, i |
| If a man were to go by chance at the same time with Burke under a shed, to shun a shower, he would say - 'this is an extraordinary man.' |
| If a man who turnips cries, / Cry not when his father dies, / 'Tis a proof that he had rather/ Have a turnip than a father. |
| If he does really think that there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons |
| If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons |
| If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him. |
| If I were punished for every pun I shed, there would not be left a puny shed of my punnish head |
| If in an actor there appears an utter vacancy of meaning, a frigid equality, a stupid languor, a torpid apathy, the greatest kindness that can be shown him is a speedy sentence of expulsion |
| If it rained knowledge, I'd hold out my hand; but I would not give myself the trouble to go in quest of it |
| If one party resolves to demand what the other resolves to refuse, the dispute can be determined only by arbitration; and between powers who have no common superior, there is no other arbitrator than the sword |
| If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still |
| If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it? |
| If what appears little be universally despised, nothing greater can be attained; for all that is great was at first little, and rose to its present bulk by gradual accessions and accumulated labours |
| If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it makes us wiser. |
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Proverb (1469552 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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