There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Weitere Zitate von Samuel Johnson
Zum Autor"Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle."
"There is no problem the mind of man can set that the mind of man cannot solve."
"Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."
"Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind."
"It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world."
"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."