1030 ordspråk av Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
Patron: Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence and is paid with flattery
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Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.
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Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint-stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs
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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
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Pleasure itself is not a vice
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Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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Politeness is one of those advantages which we never estimate rightly but by the inconvenience of its loss
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage in politics, and their whole conduct proceeds upon it.
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Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.
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Power is not sufficient evidence of truth
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Praise is so pleasing to the mind of man that it is the original of almost all of our actions
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
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Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument
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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
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