Samuel Johnson ( 10 of 197 )
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit read more
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit among lords.
The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a read more
The difference between coarse and refined abuse is the difference between being bruised by a club and wounded by a poisoned arrow.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by read more
The lustre of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
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.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care read more
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
