Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that read more
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art read more
To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.
The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
