Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled read more
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and
contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
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.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
