Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel JohnsonHe who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
Samuel JohnsonWhat is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Samuel JohnsonTags: perseverance effort
MARRY IN HASTE, REPENT AT LEISURE.
Samuel JohnsonI never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
Samuel JohnsonTags: reading books writing conversation erudition
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.
Samuel JohnsonTags: writing
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am.
Samuel JohnsonTags: humor humour mankind misanthropy
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness."
(On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers)
Tags: expression accuracy conciseness
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
Samuel JohnsonTags: patriotism
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.
Samuel JohnsonTags: perseverance
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