What did Samuel Johnson mean by: A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one. - Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy! Feraz Zeid, August 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Whiskey, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay. Feraz Zeid, August 18, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Decay, Disease, Slender, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Desire, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Man’s chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Merit, Temptation, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Proof, Stupidity, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ By forbearing to do what may innocently be done, we may add hourly new vigor to resolution. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Vigor, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Hope is necessary in every condition. Feraz Zeid, July 9, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Anticipation, Conditions, Hope, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ All industry must be excited by hope. Feraz Zeid, August 13, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Effort, Excited, Industry, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
We must cut our coat according to our cloth, and adapt ourselves to changing circumstances. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
Betsy returned to her chair, took off her coat and hat, opened her book and forgot the world again. - Maud Hart Lovelace
Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool’s coat thither. - William Gurnall Clergyman · England
Truth has as many coats as an onion … and each one of them hollow when you peel it off. - Helen Waddell
He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poet · USA
We tell our thoughts, like our children, to put on their hats and coats before they go out. - Henry Watson Fowler
If the first button of one’s coat is wrongly buttoned, all the rest will be crooked. - Giordano Bruno
