What did Samuel Johnson mean by: All imposture weakens confidence and chills benevolence. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity. Read explanation Author, August 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Humanity, Perfection, Religion, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ No man can enjoy happiness without thinking that he enjoys it. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Happiness, Perception, Self-awareness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Happiness, Struggle, Triumph, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Curiosity, Importance, Knowledge, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Life is short. The sooner that a man begins to enjoy his wealth the better. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Enjoyment, Life, Wealth, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Gratitude is a species of justice. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Gratitude, Justice, Morality, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Many need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Competition, Jealousy, Superiority, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ men do not suspect faults which they do not commit Author, October 7, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Ignorance, Projection, Self-awareness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible. Frank Herbert Author · USA
