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CytatySamuel JohnsonEnglish author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 - 1784)A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other. A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything. Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult. Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself. Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble. Americans are a race of convicts and ought to be thankful for anything we allow them short of hanging. An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere. As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind. Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. |
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