Samuel Johnson
England
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
18 Sep 1709 // 13 Dec 1784
Writer
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You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you
Words are but the signs of ideas
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others
Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost
When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure
What is easy is seldom excellent
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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