What did James Boswell mean by: I suppose no person ever enjoyed with more relish the infusion of that fragrant leaf than Johnson. - James Boswell Copy
+ Friendship, “the wine of life,” should, like a well-stocked cellar, be continually renewed. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Friendship, Wine, 0 - James Boswell
+ Quotation is more universal and more ancient than one would perhaps believe. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Ancient, Believe, Universal, 0 - James Boswell
+ It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Every Man, Miserable, 0 - James Boswell
+ Many infidels have maintained that Ignorance is the mother of Devotion. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Ignorance, Mother, Worship, 0 - James Boswell
+ Influence must ever be in proportion to property; and it is right it should. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Influence, Proportion, 0 - James Boswell
+ Writing a book I have found to be like building a house. A man forms a plan, and collects materials. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Book, Writing, 0 - James Boswell
+ When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, Friendship, 0 - James Boswell
+ The man who stops making new friends eventually will have none. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, James Boswell, New Friends, 0 - James Boswell
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
