Samuel Johnson

The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the read more

The stream of Time, which is continually washing the dissoluble
fabrics of other poets, passes without injury by the adamant of
Shakespeare.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

In misery's darkest caverns known,
His useful care was ever nigh,
Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan,
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In misery's darkest caverns known,
His useful care was ever nigh,
Where hopeless Anguish pour'd his groan,
And lonely want retir'd to die.