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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
There is nothing more dreadful to an author than neglect, compared with which reproach, hatred, and opposition are names of happiness; yet this worse, this meanest fate, every one who dares to write has reason to fear.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Source (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/24197…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #author #forgotten #ignored #insignificance #literarycriticism #neglect #notice #oblivion #obscurity #publicity #reaction #unread #writer #writing
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1750-03-24), The Rambler, No. 2More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20042…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #advice #awareness #counsel #education #error #information #mistake #reminder #teaching #willfulignorance
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
One cause which is not always observed of the insufficiency of riches is, that they very seldom make their owner rich. To be rich is to have more than is desired, and more than is wanted; to have something which may be spent without reluctance, and scattered without care, with which the sudden demands of desire may be gratified, the casual freaks of fancy indulged, the unexpected opportunities of benevolence improved.
Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84440…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #desire #excess #greed #money #riches #satisfaction #sufficiency #value #wealth #wealthy
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
One cause which is not always observed of the insufficiency of riches is, that they very seldom make their owner rich. To be rich is to have more than is desired, and more than is wanted; to have something which may be spent without reluctance, and scattered without care, with which the sudden demands of desire may be gratified, the casual freaks of fancy indulged, the unexpected opportunities of benevolence improved.
Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84440…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #desire #excess #greed #money #riches #satisfaction #sufficiency #value #wealth #wealthy
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
One cause which is not always observed of the insufficiency of riches is, that they very seldom make their owner rich. To be rich is to have more than is desired, and more than is wanted; to have something which may be spent without reluctance, and scattered without care, with which the sudden demands of desire may be gratified, the casual freaks of fancy indulged, the unexpected opportunities of benevolence improved.
Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84440…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #desire #excess #greed #money #riches #satisfaction #sufficiency #value #wealth #wealthy
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
One cause which is not always observed of the insufficiency of riches is, that they very seldom make their owner rich. To be rich is to have more than is desired, and more than is wanted; to have something which may be spent without reluctance, and scattered without care, with which the sudden demands of desire may be gratified, the casual freaks of fancy indulged, the unexpected opportunities of benevolence improved.
Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84440…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #desire #excess #greed #money #riches #satisfaction #sufficiency #value #wealth #wealthy
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
One cause which is not always observed of the insufficiency of riches is, that they very seldom make their owner rich. To be rich is to have more than is desired, and more than is wanted; to have something which may be spent without reluctance, and scattered without care, with which the sudden demands of desire may be gratified, the casual freaks of fancy indulged, the unexpected opportunities of benevolence improved.
Avarice is always poor, but poor by her own fault.Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84440…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #desire #excess #greed #money #riches #satisfaction #sufficiency #value #wealth #wealthy
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The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they really are.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they really are.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they really are.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they really are.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Of many writers who filled their age with wonder, and whose names we find celebrated in the books of their contemporaries, the works are now no longer to be seen, or are seen only amidst the lumber of libraries which are seldom visited, where they lie only to show the deceitfulness of hope, and the uncertainty of honour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-06-02), The Idler, No. 59More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84132…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #authors #bestseller #celebrity #fame #fashion #forgotten #history #honors #memoryhole #oblivion #obscurity #paeans #past #posterity #writers #popularity #popculture
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Of many writers who filled their age with wonder, and whose names we find celebrated in the books of their contemporaries, the works are now no longer to be seen, or are seen only amidst the lumber of libraries which are seldom visited, where they lie only to show the deceitfulness of hope, and the uncertainty of honour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-06-02), The Idler, No. 59More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84132…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #authors #bestseller #celebrity #fame #fashion #forgotten #history #honors #memoryhole #oblivion #obscurity #paeans #past #posterity #writers #popularity #popculture
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Of many writers who filled their age with wonder, and whose names we find celebrated in the books of their contemporaries, the works are now no longer to be seen, or are seen only amidst the lumber of libraries which are seldom visited, where they lie only to show the deceitfulness of hope, and the uncertainty of honour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-06-02), The Idler, No. 59More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84132…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #authors #bestseller #celebrity #fame #fashion #forgotten #history #honors #memoryhole #oblivion #obscurity #paeans #past #posterity #writers #popularity #popculture
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Of many writers who filled their age with wonder, and whose names we find celebrated in the books of their contemporaries, the works are now no longer to be seen, or are seen only amidst the lumber of libraries which are seldom visited, where they lie only to show the deceitfulness of hope, and the uncertainty of honour.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-06-02), The Idler, No. 59More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84132…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #authors #bestseller #celebrity #fame #fashion #forgotten #history #honors #memoryhole #oblivion #obscurity #paeans #past #posterity #writers #popularity #popculture
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
That every man would be rich if a wish could obtain riches, is a position which I believe few will contest, at least in a nation like ours, in which commerce has kindled a universal emulation of wealth, and in which money receives all the honours which are the proper right of knowledge and of virtue.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/83923…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #greed #honors #knowledge #mercantilism #riches #virtue #wealth #wealthiness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
That every man would be rich if a wish could obtain riches, is a position which I believe few will contest, at least in a nation like ours, in which commerce has kindled a universal emulation of wealth, and in which money receives all the honours which are the proper right of knowledge and of virtue.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/83923…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #greed #honors #knowledge #mercantilism #riches #virtue #wealth #wealthiness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
That every man would be rich if a wish could obtain riches, is a position which I believe few will contest, at least in a nation like ours, in which commerce has kindled a universal emulation of wealth, and in which money receives all the honours which are the proper right of knowledge and of virtue.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/83923…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #greed #honors #knowledge #mercantilism #riches #virtue #wealth #wealthiness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
That every man would be rich if a wish could obtain riches, is a position which I believe few will contest, at least in a nation like ours, in which commerce has kindled a universal emulation of wealth, and in which money receives all the honours which are the proper right of knowledge and of virtue.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/83923…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #greed #honors #knowledge #mercantilism #riches #virtue #wealth #wealthiness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
That every man would be rich if a wish could obtain riches, is a position which I believe few will contest, at least in a nation like ours, in which commerce has kindled a universal emulation of wealth, and in which money receives all the honours which are the proper right of knowledge and of virtue.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-08), The Idler, No. 73More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/83923…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #avarice #greed #honors #knowledge #mercantilism #riches #virtue #wealth #wealthiness
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The desires of man increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something within his view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-11-11), The Idler, No. 30More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84130…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #acquisition #appetite #avarice #curiosity #desire #greed #need #want #wealth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The desires of man increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something within his view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-11-11), The Idler, No. 30More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84130…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #acquisition #appetite #avarice #curiosity #desire #greed #need #want #wealth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The desires of man increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something within his view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-11-11), The Idler, No. 30More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84130…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #acquisition #appetite #avarice #curiosity #desire #greed #need #want #wealth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The desires of man increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something within his view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-11-11), The Idler, No. 30More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84130…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #acquisition #appetite #avarice #curiosity #desire #greed #need #want #wealth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The desires of man increase with his acquisitions; every step which he advances brings something within his view, which he did not see before, and which, as soon as he sees it, he begins to want. Where necessity ends, curiosity begins; and no sooner are we supplied with every thing that nature can demand, than we sit down to contrive artificial appetites.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1758-11-11), The Idler, No. 30More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/84130…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #acquisition #appetite #avarice #curiosity #desire #greed #need #want #wealth
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Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
-- Samuel Johnson (1775) -
A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
The gloomy and the resentful are always found among those who have nothing to do or who do nothing.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-09-01), The Idler, No. 72More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #bitterness #boredom #gloom #gloominess #idlehands #idleness #indolence #laziness #malcontent #meaninglessness #resentfulness #resentment #slacker #sullenness #uselessness #sloth
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
-- Samuel Johnson⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #SamuelJohnson #Difficulty #HumanNature #Life
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #ChacoCanyon #Petroglyphs #NewMexico
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise
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A quotation from Samuel Johnson
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
Essay (1759-05-26), The Idler, No. 58More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/20598…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #expectations #humor #jest #joke #merriment #reaction #surprise