It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Weitere Zitate von Samuel Johnson
Zum Autor"Prudence keeps life safe but does not often make it happy."
"Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife he is always proud of himself as the source of it."
"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."
"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill."