When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life - Samuel Johnson.
"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
“Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he doesn't possess.” ― Samuel Johnson
[1987] Blackadder the Third - "Ink and Incapability", Baldrick burns the only copy of Samuel Johnson's dictionary, and Blackadder has only one weekend to rewrite it.
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I was antique shopping when I found a lithograph of Samuel Johnson, the man from the meme.
Is the Life of Samuel Johnson translated into any languages besides English? Do non-English-speakers ever read it?
Johnson’s former race adviser accuses Tories of inflaming culture wars. Exploiting division for electoral gain could spark another Stephen Lawrence or Jo Cox tragedy, Samuel Kasumu warns
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Life of Samuel Johnson - Around the World Again
In The Talos Principle, a library document references 'The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia' by Samuel Johnson (1759). It inspired me to read more, and in it I found another passage that describes the game itself with eerie perfection
“Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation on how it should be spent.” ~ Samuel Johnson
A few questions about reading "The Life of Samuel Johnson"
I am going to start reading it this week and I had a few questions for those who have read it. 1. Does it require a lot of background information/notes to be understood or does Boswell assume the reader knows nothing in advance? 2. Is there a better unabridged version than the Penguin Classics and Everyman's Library versions? The Penguin copy has too small print but has notes and the Everyman's has good print size but no notes (from what I can tell). 3. Any tips for reading it?
Thanks ahead of time
Alex Wickham on Twitter - Boris Johnson’s most senior Black adviser has resigned No10 aide Samuel Kasumu informed colleagues of his decision to leave yesterday morning — just as the government released its controversial report on race and ethnic disparities
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"Man [is a] tool-making animal." — Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Quoted by James Boswell in The Life of Samuel Johnson, April 7, 1778 (1791)
http://thisnortheasternlife.blogspot.com/2015/08/man-is-tool-making-animal.html
I always wanted to do a movie about the life of Samuel Johnson starring Samuel Jackson.
He was a British linguist who compiled the first dictionary. He also had a sardonic sense of humour and some believe he had Tourette's. The tagline, of course, would be "Is Mother-Fucker One Word or Two?!"
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. -James Boswell, from The Life of Samuel Johnson
Recreation of "Dr Samuel Johnson" by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1772/1775)
12 Team PPR. 1QB. I’ve been rebuilding. My WRs of value are Diontae Johnson, Aiyuk, C. Samuel, Shepard, Mims and Viska
Samuel Johnson says puns are the lowest form of comedy
Ok so this line just popped in my head but I can't think of the episode. Its in an Archer v Barry/other Barry fight and Barry takes a second in the fight to say that line. "You know Samuel Johnson says puns are the lowest form of comedy, but for me its murder" any ideas on what episode? Or I'm gonna have to just watch all the Barry episodes.
“Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.” --Samuel Johnson
'Samuel Johnson: A Life' by David Nokes: "'I cannot get free of this vexatious flatulence' - indeed, 'I am almost convulsed'."
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Samuel Johnson once wrote 'there is in London all that life can afford'. What can you do in another place that you definitely can't do in London?
“Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others." - Samuel Johnson
"As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly." — Samuel Johnson
TDIH: April 15, 1755, Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language is published in London. Illustration: Title page from the second edition of Samuel Johnson's Dictionary.
Here’s Samuel Johnson a few days after he escaped from Jail, trying to redeem himself and live an honorable life. Cameo by some friendly player who came by while I was taking my picture.
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." - Samuel Johnson
“Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned.” -Samuel Johnson | Looking forward on the enlisted mess deck/berthing of USS Kidd (DD-661). Note the racks on the tables. Image taken from virtual tour [1366 x 768]
Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep. ~Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, 1750
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