What did Samuel Johnson mean by: It is man’s own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age. - Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ No man was ever great by imitation. Feraz Zeid, August 22, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Imitation, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ A man who is good enough to go to heaven is good enough to be a clergyman. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Heaven, Not Good Enough, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ It is better to live rich than to die rich. Feraz Zeid, July 7, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Retirement, Riches, Wisdom, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity. Feraz Zeid, June 2, 2023December 12, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Chairs, Thrones, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Confidence, Motivational, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Samuel Johnson, Fitness, Food, Motivational, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Politeness is fictitious benevolence. Feraz Zeid, September 2, 2023December 26, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Benevolence, Manners, Politeness, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ No people can be great who have ceased to be virtuous. Feraz Zeid, September 9, 2023December 24, 2023, Samuel Johnson, Liberty, Virtue, 0 - Samuel Johnson Writer · England
We hope to grow old and we dread old age; that is to say, we love life and we flee from death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds – habits and novelty. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
When we are young we lay up for old age; when we are old we save for death. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The fear of old age disturbs us, yet we are not certain of becoming old. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
