Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which read more
Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered read more
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary
commonwealth.
The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary
commonwealth.
