I have found the world kinder than I expected, but less just.
Samuel JohnsonA man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel JohnsonTags: reading
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Samuel JohnsonTags: religion
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant [excessive thought]. You may talk as other people do: you may say to a man, "Sir, I am your most humble servant." You are not his most humble servant. You may say, "These are bad times; it is a melancholy thing to be reserved to such times." You don't mind the times ... You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society; but don't think foolishly.
Samuel JohnsonTags: excess language appropriateness cant expression moderation thought
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
Samuel JohnsonTags: just-do-it
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Samuel JohnsonTags: habits
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
Samuel JohnsonJustice is my being allowed to do whatever I like. Injustice is whatever prevents my doing so.
Samuel JohnsonPersahabatan harus selalu harus dipupuk.
Samuel JohnsonThat we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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