Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
Weitere Zitate von Samuel Johnson
Zum Autor"An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost."
"The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning."
"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."
"Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind."
"Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength."
"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."