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Gelehrter, Lexikograf, Schriftsteller, "The vanity of human wishes", "London", "Die Debatten des Senats zu Liliput", "History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia" (England, 1709 - 1784).

Samuel Johnson · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Samuel Johnson wäre heute 314 Jahre, 7 Monate, 8 Tage oder 114.907 Tage alt.

Geboren am 18.09.1709 in Lichfield
Gestorben am 13.12.1784 in London
Sternzeichen: ♍ Jungfrau

• One day at Streatham . . . a young gentleman called to him suddenly, and I suppose he thought disrespectfully, in these words: 'Mr. Johnson, would you advise me to marry?' 'I would advise no man to marry, Sir,' returns for answer in a very angry tone Dr. Johnson, 'who is not likely to propagate understanding.'

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• One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

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• Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

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• Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

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• Patron. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.

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• Pension. Pay given to a state hireling for treason to his country.

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• Philosophers there are who try to make themselves believe that this life is happy; but they believe it only while they are saying it, and never yet produced conviction in a single mind.

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• Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint-stools to make faces and produce laughter, like dancing dogs.

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• Politeness is fictitious benevolence.

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• Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.

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• Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

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• Power is always gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

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• Praise, like gold diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity.

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• Preserve me from unreasonable and immoderate sleep.

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• Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

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• Rain is good for vegetables, and for the animals who eat those vegetables, and for the animals who eat those animals.

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• Read over your compositions, and where ever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

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• Reflect that life, like every other blessing, derives its value from its use alone.

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• Remember that all tricks are either knavish or childish.

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• Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.

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