There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good.
Samuel JohnsonTag: society economics consumerism selfishness greed materialism egotism luxury
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Samuel JohnsonTag: evil hell good-intentions intentions
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.
Samuel JohnsonFancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own great merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.
Samuel JohnsonSir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.
Samuel JohnsonI would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
Samuel JohnsonIt is better to live rich than to die rich.
Samuel JohnsonGetting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
Samuel JohnsonTag: money kindness values greed
Network: Any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections [....]
Reticulated: Made of network; formed with interstitial vacuities.
Tag: definitions verbosity
I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark." Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
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