It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.
Weitere Zitate von Samuel Johnson
Zum Autor"There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern."
"To be of no Church is dangerous."
"Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength."
"Being in a ship is being in a jail with the chance of being drowned."
"It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world."
"Exercise is labor without weariness."