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Gelehrter, Lexikograf, Schriftsteller, "The vanity of human wishes", "London", "Die Debatten des Senats zu Liliput", "History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia" (England, 1709 - 1784).

Samuel Johnson · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

Samuel Johnson wäre heute 315 Jahre, 6 Monate, 17 Tage oder 115.250 Tage alt.

Geboren am 18.09.1709 in Lichfield
Gestorben am 13.12.1784 in London
Sternzeichen: ♍ Jungfrau

• Words are the daughters of the earth, and things are the sons of heaven.

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• Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.

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• Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the promises of youth, and that the deficiencies of the present day will be supplied by the morrow; attend to the history of Rasselas prince of Abyssinia.

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• Yes, Sir, many men, many women, andmany children.

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• Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.

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• You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labors, than when you give money merely in charity.

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• You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables.

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• You never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful income.

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• You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets, and wonder when they have done that they do not delight in your company.

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• Young men have more virtue than old men; they have more generous sentiments in every respect.

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• Your levelers wish to level down as far as themselves, but they cannot bear leveling up to themselves.

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• Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.

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• Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

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• Your never find people laboring to convince you that you may live very happily upon a plentiful fortune.

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• Celui qui loue tout le monde ne loue personne.

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• Il vaut mieux que certains soient malheureux plutôt que personne ne soit heureux, ce qui serait le cas si l'égalité était générale.

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• L'enfer est pavé de bonnes intentions.

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• La citation classique est le mot de passe des lettrés du monde entier.

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• La précaution est une attitude qui rend la vie plus sûre mais rarement heureuse.

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• Le mariage occasionne de multiples douleurs, mais le célibat n'offre aucun plaisir.

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