Maxioms by Samuel Johnson
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation read more
Pity is not natural to man. Children and savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason. We may have uneasy sensations from seeing a creature in distress, without pity; but we have not pity unless we wish to relieve him.
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.
He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.
There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we read more
There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, read more
When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.
