ESSAY -- A loose sally of the mind an irregular indigested piece not a regular and orderly composition.
Quote by Samuel Johnson
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ESSAY -- A loose sally of the mind an irregular indigested piece not a regular and orderly composition.
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Samuel Johnson Quotes
- You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
- Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
- When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
- Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
- Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
- A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
- No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
- There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.
- If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
Best Quotes
- When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
- Silently one by one, in the infinite meadows of heaven, Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
- Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
- Whenever you're the child of a famous person, you get judged in odd ways because of that.
- In Christianity neither morality nor religion come into contact with reality at any point.
- He was as great as a man can be without morality.
- There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
- It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.
- I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not even fun sexually. I need to feel something for the woman and entertain the vain hope that it may lead to a relationship.
- What does it say about a president's policies when he has to use a cartoon character rather than real people to justify his record? What does it say about the fiction of old liberalism to insist that good jobs and good schools and good wages will result from policies that have failed us, time and again?