Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of read more
Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay,
And glides in modest innocence away.
The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the read more
The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of
Shakespeare.
