We never do anything consciously for the last time without sadness of heart.
Samuel JohnsonNothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
Samuel JohnsonMen are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
Samuel JohnsonOf the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
Samuel JohnsonA man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel JohnsonMots clés importance
In a man’s letters his soul lies naked.
Samuel JohnsonOur minds, like our bodies, are in continual flux; something is hourly lost, and something acquired... Do not suffer life to stagnate; it will grow muddy for want of motion: commit yourself again to the current of the world.
Samuel JohnsonNo weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with which men overlook their own faults, however flagrant, and the easiness with which they pardon them, however frequently repeated.
Samuel JohnsonMots clés criticism double-standards faults censure character-flaws
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works.
Samuel JohnsonMots clés writing literary-criticism apathy obscurity
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
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