What did Samuel Johnson mean by: Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Author, September 16, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Dedication, Knowledge, Priority, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Truth allows no choice. Author, October 9, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Certainty, Obligation, Reality, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Employment and hardships prevent melancholy. Author, October 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Employment, Hardships, Melancholy, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Compassion, Duty, Wretchedness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly expected. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Dislike, Expectation, Relationships, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ A person loves to review his own mind. That is the use of a diary, or journal. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Reflection, Self-awareness, Writing, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty. Author, October 25, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Cruelty, Meanness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Labor’s face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Hardship, Resilience, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Love begins with love ; and the warmest friendship cannot change even to the coldest love. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
