1030 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
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Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature
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Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it
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Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history
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Many things difficult in design prove easy in performance.
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.
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Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
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Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he is much less able to supply himself with domestick comforts
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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult
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Men become friends by a community of pleasures
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Men do not suspect faults which they do not commit.
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Men hate more steadily than they love; and 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
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