Samuel Johnson ( 10 of 197 )
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have
forgotten your aim.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have
forgotten your aim.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
All theory is against the freedom of the will, all experience for
it.
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of
life.
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of
life.
Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.
Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful
Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.
Disease is a physical process that generally begins that equality which death completes.
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.
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.
You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired read more
You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.