What did Samuel Johnson mean by: As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. - Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ There seems to be a strange affectation in authors of appearing to have done everything by chance. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Chance, Writing, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Never speak of a man in his own presence. It is always indelicate, and may be offensive . Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Offensive, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Human, Interest, Misled, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Dishonor waits on perfidy. A man should blush to think a falsehood; it is the crime of cowards. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Waiting, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ An age that melts in unperceiv’d decay, And glides in modest innocence away. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Age, Decay, Innocence, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Animal, Horse, Mathematician, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Fear naturally quickens the flight of guilt. Feraz Zeid, July 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Fear, Flight, Guilt, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Happiness, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. - François Rabelais Author · France
The purpose of art is to console and amuse—myself, and, I hope, others. - Ludwig Bemelmans Illustrator · Austria
Art is triumphant when it can use convention as an instrument of its own purpose. - W. Somerset Maugham Playwright and novelist · United Kingdom
Everyone, when there’s war in the air, learns to live in a new element: falsehood. - Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Like the greatest virtue and the worst dogs, the fiercest hatred is silent. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer from the consequences of them. - Jean Plaidy Author · England
