What did Samuel Johnson mean by: Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Certainty, Risk, Wisdom, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Truth, such as is necessary to the reputation of life, is always found where it is honestly sought. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Honesty, Reputation, Truth, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Trust as little as you can to report, and examine all you can by your own senses. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Independence, Observation, Skepticism, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Happiness, Saving, Spending, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression. Author, June 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Expression, Pain, Pleasure, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Negligence, Poverty, Wealth, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Languages are the pedigree of nations. Author, June 8, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Communication, Culture, Identity, 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
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it. Read explanation Jean Fautrier Painter · France
Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I don’t need to be everywhere because my art pieces can talk for themselves. Jeppe Hein Artist · Denmark