Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure,
Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Merit is much more cheaply acknowledged than rewarded
Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 We took tea, by read more
Feast of Lucy, Martyr at Syracuse, 304 Commemoration of Samuel Johnson, Writer, Moralist, 1784 We took tea, by Boswell's desire; and I eat one bun, I think, that I might not be seen to fast ostentatiously. When I find that so much of my life has stolen unprofitably away, and that I can descry by retrospection scarcely a few single days properly and vigorously employed, why do I yet try to resolve again? I try, because reformation is necessary and despair is criminal. I try, in humble hope of the help of God.
