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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 Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true |
| Insanity is the power of fancy over reason. |
| Instead of rating the man by his performances, we rate too frequently the performances by the man |
| Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. |
| Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. |
| Is getting a hundred thousand pounds a proof of excellence? That has been done by a scoundrel commissary |
| Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help? |
| It deserves to be considered, whether the want of that which can never be gained, may not easily be endured |
| It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability. |
| It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the privileges of age, and retain the play-things of childhood |
| It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grow torpid in old age |
| It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done. |
| It is advantageous to an author that his book should be attacked as well as praised. Fame is a shuttlecock. If it be struck only at one end of the room, it will soon fall to the ground. To keep it up, it must be struck at both ends. |
| It is all cant; the dog knows he is miserable all the time. |
| It is better a man should be abused than forgotten |
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