What did Samuel Johnson mean by: A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it. - Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Courtesy, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ To do nothing is in everyone’s power. Feraz Zeid, June 22, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Originality, Power, Progress, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Food, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The king who makes war on his enemies tenderly distresses his subjects most cruelly. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Enemy, Kings, War, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ It is common to overlook what is near by keeping the eye fixed on something remote. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Common, Eye, Fixed, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Those authors are to be read at schools that supply most axioms of prudence. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Prudence, School, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Crime, Guilty, Ignorance, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The worst evils are those that never arrive. Feraz Zeid, July 19, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Evil, Worst, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Whatever may be our natural talents, the art of writing is not acquired all at once. Explain - Jean-Jacques Rousseau Philosopher · Switzerland
After the writer’s death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art. - William Ralph Inge Theologian and Anglican priest · England
To express truth is to write naturally, forcibly, and delicately. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
