„Patriotismus ist die letzte Zuflucht des Halunken.“
"The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." von James Boswell, Eintrag vom 7. April 1775. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1791. Band 1, S. 211
Original engl. "Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel."
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"The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D." von James Boswell, Eintrag vom 31. Juli 1763. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1791. Band 1, S. 112
Original engl. "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all."
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"The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D." von James Boswell, Eintrag vom 20. September 1777. London: Hutchinson & Co., 1791. Band 2, S. 160
Original engl. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford."
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“Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.”
Samuel Johnson buch The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
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July 14, 1763, p. 121
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol I
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“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”
28 April 1778, p. 659 http://books.google.com/books?id=yYphdZ0abhUC&q=&quot;One+of+the+disadvantages+of+wine+it+makes+a+man+mistake+words+for+thoughts&quot;&pg=PA659#v=onepage <br class="br">Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II <br class="br">Quelle: The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2
Samuel Johnson The Idler
No. 58 (May 26, 1759)
The Idler (1758–1760)
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Kontext: Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter their odours from time to time in the paths of life, grow up without culture from seeds scattered by chance. Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
April 10, 1776, p. 305
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
Recalling "what an old tutor of a college said to one of his pupils" April 30, 1773, p. 217
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol II
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“Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?”
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“New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.”
The Life of Pope
Lives of the English Poets (1779–81)
“You can never be wise unless you love reading.”
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“If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.”
Letter to James Boswell, October 27, 1779, p. 433
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol III
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“A man may be so much of every thing, that he is nothing of any thing.”
1783, p. 500
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV
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“The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.”
Samuel Johnson London
A Review http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/jenyns.html of Soame Jenyns' A Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil, published in the first volume of Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces (London, 1774), p. 23
“Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.”
Samuel Johnson The Rambler
No. 2 (24 March 1750) http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?id=Joh1Ram.sgm&images=images/modeng&data=/texts/english/modeng/parsed&tag=public&part=2&division=div1 <br class="br">Quelle: The Rambler (1750–1752)
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1783, p. 519
Life of Samuel Johnson (1791), Vol IV
