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I am glad that he thanks God f...

I am glad that he thanks God for anything.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Ignorance, madam, pure ignoran...

Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

While grief is fresh, every at...

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The next best thing to knowing...

The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The true art of memory is the ...

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

He who has so little knowledge...

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

He is a benefactor of mankind ...

He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Remarriage: A triumph of hope...

Remarriage: A triumph of hope over experience.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Wickedness is always easier th...

Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

When people find a man of the ...

When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must be highly gratifying to them.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Almost all absurdity of conduc...

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Such is the state of life, tha...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Bravery has no place where it ...

Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Some desire is necessary to ke...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Our tastes greatly alter. The ...

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.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Claret is the liquor for boys;...

Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

The history of mankind is litt...

The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Anecdotes are the gleaming toy...

Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

We are long before we are conv...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

As peace is the end of war, so...

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.

Samuel Johnson 2299 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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