English - Author | September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Samuel Johnson
LifeFriendshipAloneManFindNew
You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in a minute who's for you and who's against you.
WalkPoliticsYouKnowRoomAgainst
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
MoreFortunePityThanContempt
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern.
GoodHappinessManNothingBeen
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
LifeKindnessBusinessMoneyMan
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
ManBookLibraryWillOverTurn
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
NothingWillPossibleOvercomeFirst
What is easy is seldom excellent.
ExperienceEasyExcellentSeldom
Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.
BookDownParadiseLostHardUp
Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
HomeDeathNightYouWillPrepare
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
FoodManChanceShipBetterEnough
Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
ManWineNothingUpFrostMotion
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