Samuel Johnson

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an
understanding.

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.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast,
Intimidates the brave, degrades the great.

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.