Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to
negotiate.
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to
negotiate.
You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired read more
You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain
force upon the plain of Marathon, or read more
That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain
force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow
warmer among the runs of Iona.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
Fine clothes are good only as they supply the want of other means
of procuring respect.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.