It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.
Weitere Zitate von Samuel Johnson
Zum Autor"Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance."
"It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world."
"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."
"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."