But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
Samuel Johnson
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
29DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
Samuel Johnson
28DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Samuel Johnson
27DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.
Samuel Johnson
26DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
The true Genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
Samuel Johnson
25DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.
Samuel Johnson
24DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.
Samuel Johnson
23DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
Employment, sir, and hardships prevent melancholy.
Samuel Johnson
22DEC2022 – Quote of the Day
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
Samuel Johnson
Quote for the Winter Solstice 2022
“The days were growing shorter, the light was quickly failing, and towards the end of
each afternoon the heart became uneasy. A primitive terror seized us – that of our
ancestors who during the winter months watched the sun go out a little earlier each
day. ‘Tomorrow it will go out for ever,’ they must have thought in despair, and spent
the entire night on the heights in fear and trembling.”
Nikos Kazantzakis “ZORBA THE GREEK”