What did Samuel Johnson mean by: My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ Courtesy and good-humour are often found with little real worth. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Courtesy, Worth, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ …it will not always happen that the success of a poet is proportionate to his labor. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Effort, Poetry, Success, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Enjoyment, Progress, Want, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Appreciation, Generosity, Gratitude, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Every man is, or hopes to be, an idler. Read explanation Author, July 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Ambition, Hope, Idleness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Limitations, Responsibility, Support, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Gratitude, Perspective, Resilience, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Fears of the brave and follies of the wise. Read explanation Author, August 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Fears, Follies, Wisdom, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
I understood immediately that to get success I had to make for the front door, not for the back one. Jean Gabin
I have not been so much pushed by winds as pulled forward by the force of my decisions. Jean Kwok Author