Quote #23104
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates...
Category Archives: Samuel Johnson
Quote #23120
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till...
Quote #23073
No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost...
Quote #23089
An intellectual improvement arises from leisure.
Quote #23105
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great...
Quote #23121
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Quote #23074
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Quote #23090
A cucumber whould be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and viniger, and then...
Quote #23106
Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate...
Quote #23122
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.