Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.
Samuel Johnson Quotes
To push advantages too far is neither generous nor just.
(Johnson said)… striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, “I refute it thus.”
To build is to be robbed.
He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber.
It frequently happens that applause abates diligence. Whosoever finds himself to have performed more than was demanded will be contented to spare the labor of unnecessary performances, and sit down to enjoy at ease his superfluities of honor.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
In the most general applause discordant voices will always be heard.
A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one.
Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some obvious and useful truth in a few words. We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they […]
