There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern. | |
— Samuel Johnson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | My Conservative View |
2021 | Are We Getting Close To Uncertainty? |
How It Could Be | |
2020 | Two Loves |
A Short Count | |
2019 | Don’t Forget: Fire Burns |
2018 | Especially In The Middle East |
2017 | A Good Local |
2016 | Life Unlimited |
2015 | Still Trying |
2014 | Destiny, n. |
2013 | No Apologies |
2012 | Utterly Convinced |
2011 | A Key To Effectiveness |
Posts Tagged ‘Dr Samuel Johnson’
A Good Local
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, Happiness, My Journal, Quotes, Taverns on June 6, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Do You Know Me?
Posted in Faith, My Journal, Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, My Journal, On Faith, Quotes on August 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have never deceived us. | |
— Dr. Samuel Johnson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2014 | Tough Journalism |
2013 | Things I’ve Learned |
2012 | Abstainer, n. |
2011 | Rain, Rain, Rain |
Test Your Strength | |
2009 | End the mistakes… |
All Omissions Are Mine
Posted in Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, English Dictionary, On Service, Quotes on February 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
When it shall be found that much is omitted, let it not be forgotten that much likewise is performed. | |
— Samuel Johnson | |
From the Preface to his: “English Dictionary“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Slow Down And Don’t Break Things |
2021 | How Many Democracy Loving Conservatives Are In The Senate? |
The Fighter Still Remains | |
2020 | Love And Charity |
2019 | Tomorrow Is Valentine’s Day |
Inverted U Curve | |
2018 | Still More Prejudice |
A Well Trod Path Of Hopes, Expectations And Surprise | |
2017 | …And With It Civilization |
2016 | Just Like My Mother |
2015 | All Omissions Are Mine |
2014 | Precise Order |
2013 | Uh, No. Not Really… |
Deep Regions | |
2012 | A Pre-Valentine’s Day Message |
2011 | Easy Like Sunday Morning |
May I Have A Little More, Please… | |
2010 | Valleys and Peaks |
Whiner(s)
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, My Journal, On Complaining, On Whining, Quotes on June 9, 2014| Leave a Comment »
The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. | |
— Samuel Johnson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Let Me Tell You An Amusing Story… |
2021 | Together Forever |
Think It Over | |
Small But Fun | |
2020 | Still Learning |
2019 | Almost Hallmark |
Beyond All Reason | |
2018 | Daydreams And Wanna-Be’s |
Or Work For #45 | |
2017 | Summer Pale |
2016 | Ain’t It Funny |
2015 | At Both Ends |
2014 | Whiner(s) |
2013 | Just Passing Through |
2012 | Dog-gone Heaven |
2011 | Occasional, Sad Results |
Wisdom’s Folly
Posted in My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, Folly, Fools, Love, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes, Wisdom on January 29, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. | |
— Dr. Samuel Johnson | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | A Murmuring Note |
2021 | Satisfied If Not Fulfilled |
You Don’t Know | |
Urban Ballroom | |
2020 | R.I.P. Kobe |
2019 | Looks A Lot Like #45 |
2018 | Trying To Stay Young |
2017 | Seems Reasonable To Me |
2016 | We Can Get Through This Together (In Time) |
2015 | How Long Is A Piece Of String? |
2014 | Heathen, n. |
2013 | Wisdom’s Folly |
2012 | When The Student Is Ready |
Disconnected Leadership | |
2011 | The Complex Richness Of Life |
Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy…
Posted in Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, Quotes on April 9, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Being in a ship is being in jail, with the chance of being drowned. | |
— Samuel Johnson | |
[And of course way back then, there were NO females on board… — kmab] | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | And Do The Right Thing… |
2021 | Rational Response |
This Can’t Go On | |
2020 | A Different Premise |
2019 | Can Too |
2018 | To Get Strength |
Drip, Drip, Drip | |
2017 | Bricolage Art |
2016 | Just A Shame |
2015 | Treasures Of The Mind |
2014 | Not Quite Exceeded Reach |
2013 | Who’s Side? |
2012 | Why I Joined The Army And Not The Navy… |
2011 | Is It Your Turn Yet? |
Just Trippin’ | |
Hopeful Flights
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, Flight, Hope, Human Mind, My Journal, Pleasure, Quotes on March 19, 2012| Leave a Comment »
The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. | |
— Samuel Johnson | |
From: “The Rambler“ | |
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On This Day In: | |
2022 | Be Someone For Somebody |
2021 | Genius (And Other Details) |
I Don’t Know Why | |
Going Into The Deep End | |
2020 | Repercussions For Health |
2019 | Chained To #45 |
2018 | Some Men Make Their Office As Small As Themselves |
2017 | Too Many |
2016 | Not Yet, Anyway |
2015 | On Pornography |
2014 | Nudge, Nudge |
2013 | The Journey Will Be Joy |
2012 | Hopeful Flights |
2011 | Irrationally Predictable |
Lawful Restraint | |
Pleasurable Reading
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Writing, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, Philosophy, Quotes, read without pleasure on August 25, 2010| Leave a Comment »
What is written without effort is, in general, read without pleasure. | |
— Dr. Samuel Johnson | |
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