What did Samuel Johnson mean by: Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else. - Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ It is our first duty to serve society. Feraz Zeid, July 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Duty, First, Society, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ He that never labors may know the pains of idleness, but not the pleasures. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Pain, Relaxation, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ To be prejudiced is always to be weak Feraz Zeid, July 11, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Weak, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Sir, there is no end of negative criticism. Feraz Zeid, September 5, 2023December 26, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Criticism, Negative, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears Feraz Zeid, July 1, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Tears, Weapons, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Doubt, Vanity, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Education, Teacher, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Rags will always make their appearance where they have a right to do it. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Appearance, Laziness, Rags, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France