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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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: | |
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: | |
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, Love, My Journal, Philosophy, Quotes 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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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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Hopeful Flights
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, tagged Dr Samuel Johnson, My Journal, 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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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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