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  1. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Those who do not feel pain, seldom think that it is felt.

    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1750-09-01), The Rambler, No. 48

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2152/

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  2. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Those who do not feel pain, seldom think that it is felt.

    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1750-09-01), The Rambler, No. 48

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2152/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #awareness #callousness #compassion #empathy #ignorance #pain #selfcentered #shortsightedness #sympathy

  3. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Those who do not feel pain, seldom think that it is felt.

    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1750-09-01), The Rambler, No. 48

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2152/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #awareness #callousness #compassion #empathy #ignorance #pain #selfcentered #shortsightedness #sympathy

  4. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    Those who do not feel pain, seldom think that it is felt.

    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1750-09-01), The Rambler, No. 48

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/2152/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #samueljohnson #awareness #callousness #compassion #empathy #ignorance #pain #selfcentered #shortsightedness #sympathy

  5. 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. 72

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/29381…

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  6. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavours with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1758-08-05), The Idler, No. 17

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/25830…

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  7. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    The evils inseparably annexed to the present condition of man, are so numerous and afflictive, that it has been, from age to age, the task of some to bewail, and of others to solace them; and he, therefore, will be in danger of seeing a common enemy, who shall attempt to depreciate the few pleasures and felicities which nature has allowed us.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Essay (1753-11-27), The Adventurer, No. 111

    More about this quote: wist.info/johnson-samuel/80774…

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  8. A quotation from Samuel Johnson

    To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.

    Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English writer, lexicographer, critic
    Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, “Milton” (1781)

    Sourcing, notes: wist.info/johnson-samuel/21120…

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  9. [Bloo Bouk] The LUKE vowel with yod, HUGH type, standardised. left: Nordic, EW; right: non-Nordic, U (UE in closed monosyllables). ew < eow [Old English]; cf. Chaucer: valu, vertu. #Chaucer #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  10. [Bloo Bouk] The LUKE vowel standardised. left: Nordic, OO; right: non-Nordic, U (UE in monosyllables). shoe < shoo, cf. Chaucer: And shoos full moiste and newe (Canterbury Tales, 456). #Chaucer #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  11. [Bloo Bouk] The BOOK vowel standardised. left: Nordic, OU; right: non-Nordic [French], UI. fout < foot, cf. King Horn: And setten fout to grunde (138). cf. Havelok the Dane: coude. #Chaucer #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  12. [Bloo Bouk] The DOUG vowel standardised. left: general, U; right: before consonant and vowel, Ù. Happy to see *cuntry* makes for joy and laughter. An orthographic necessity. #Chaucer #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  13. [Bloo Bouk] The ROSE vowel standardised. left: General, OE (Œ); right: non-Nordic more than one syllable, stressed position, Ó. #Chaucer #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  14. [Bloo Bouk] The MIKE vowel standardised. left: General, Y; right: final letter more than one syllable, EY (str. ÉY). Tym < time recurrent in #Chaucer and Wycliffe's bible. Ryt < write, right, rite. #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  15. [Bloo Bouk] The PETE vowel standardised. left: General, EE; right: non-Nordic more than one syllable, stressed position, É. Note pees < peace, dreem etc., recurrent in #Chaucer and Wycliffe's bible. #EnglishSpelling #literature #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  16. [Bloo Bouk] The JANE vowel standardised. left: General, AE (Æ); right: non-Nordic more than one syllable, stressed position, Á. Note æt > ate, eight; ræn > rain, rein, reign. #EnglishSpelling #literature #Chaucer #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  17. [Bloo Bouk] The CROWN vowel standardised. left: Nordic, AU. right: non-Nordic, OU. Note faund < fynd [Nordic] vs. found > founded [non-Nordic] #EnglishSpelling #literature #Chaucer #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #orthography

  18. [Bloo Bouk] The MAUD vowel standardised. left: Nordic, OA. right: non-Nordic, AU. foat < fought, loa < law, but caut < caught [non-Nordic, from Fr. cacher] #EnglishSpelling #literature #Chaucer #SamuelJohnson #phonetics #linguistics #lexicography