What did Samuel Johnson mean by: Indolence is the devil’s cushion. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance. Author, November 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Ignorance, Novelty, Wonder, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Example is always more efficacious than precept. Author, October 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Efficacy, Example, Precept, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Decay, Empire, Power, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. Read explanation Author, July 6, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Character, Morality, Time, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ To do something is in every man’s power. Read explanation Author, July 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Action, Capability, Power, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Expectations, Justice, Kindness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Human nature, Productivity, Reflection, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The most fatal disease of friendship is gradual decay. Author, August 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Betrayal, Deterioration, Loss, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Don’t do cocaine. Don’t race trains. And avoid AIDS situations. Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
No man is matriculated to the art of life till he has been well tempted. George Eliot Author · England
Don’t imitate, don’t follow the others, or else you will lag behind them. Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot Painter · France
Fish is meant to tempt as well as nourish, and everything that lives in water is seductive. Jean-Paul Aron
