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«Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree, to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world; and, whatever apparent disadvantages he may suffer in the comparis»
«What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.»
«BOSWELL: I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it . . . JOHNSON: That, Sir, I find, is what a very great many of your countrymen cannot help.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
Boswell, countryman, countrymen, Johnson, Scotland, sir
«As the Spanish proverb says, ''He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.'' So it is in travelling; a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
bring home, Indies, proverb, Spanish, Spanish Proverb, the Indies, travelling
«Reason and truth will prevail at last»
«Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage may be applied to many another course of life, that its two days of happiness are the first and the last»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
| About:
Achievement,
Happiness,
Marriage
| Keywords:
applied, attainment, Greek, malicious, remark, the Greek
«What I learned from being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country»
«The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence»
«To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike»
«Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.»
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