He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson
They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master. – Samuel Johnson
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man. – Samuel Johnson
They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master. – Samuel Johnson
I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds: I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise. – Samuel Johnson
The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principal subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last throws away the book, which he has too diligently studied. – Samuel Johnson