What did Samuel Johnson mean by: Unintelligible language is a lantern without a light. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ A married man has many cares, but a bachelor no pleasures. Author, September 30, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Marriage, Pleasure, Responsibilities, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Babies do not want to hear about babies; they like to be told of giants and castles. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Curiosity, Fantasy, Imagination, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ It is not easy to surround life with any circumstances in which youth will not be delightful. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Circumstances, Delight, Youth, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Action, Ethics, Utilitarianism, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ For patience, sov’reign o’er transmuted ill. Author, June 28, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Patience, Resilience, Transformation, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ The man who feels himself ignorant should, at least, be modest. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Ignorance, Modesty, Self-awareness, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Unconstraint is the grace of conversation. Author, August 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Communication, Eloquence, Freedom, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Conversation, Knowledge, Law, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Art is a language, an instrument of knowledge, an instrument of communication. Read explanation Jean Dubuffet Artist · 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
We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France