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Samuel Johnson. The most famous aphorisms

It is beneficial for the author that his book is not only praised, but also scolded, because fame is like a ball that is thrown over the net, so that the ball does not fall to the ground, it is necessary to hit it from both sides.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
A brilliant story is rarely completely true.
Wealth breeds more convictions than crimes.
Politeness is one of those qualities that can be appreciated only by experiencing the inconvenience of its absence.
In all sayings, accuracy must be sacrificed to a certain extent for brevity.
Pride from the knowledge that you are entrusted with a secret is the main reason for its disclosure.
If pain didn't follow pleasure, who would endure it?
If your acquaintance believes that there is no difference between virtue and vice, after his departure it is useful to count teaspoons.
If you are idle, avoid being alone; if you are alone, do not be idle.
If you want to love for a long time, love with your mind, not with your heart.
Greed is the lot of old people who gave the first half of their lives to entertainment, and the second to their careers.
The law is the highest manifestation of human wisdom, using the experience of people for the benefit of society.
The adage in vino veritas (truth in wine) can serve as an argument for those who believe that all people are liars. As for me, I would not want to live with a man who lies while sober and who needs to be poured with wine in order to wrest from him the words of truth.
The art of aphorism lies not so much in the expression of some original or deep idea, but in the ability to express an accessible and useful thought in a few words.
Truth is a cow that does not give milk to the skeptics, leaving them to milk the bulls.
How little human hearts can make of what laws or kings can prescribe!
As a rule, it is more pleasant for a man to see the table set for dinner than to hear his wife speak Greek.
Commerce is a child of fortune, fickle and deceitful, like a mother.
The best test of a nation's civility is how a nation cares for its underprivileged.
People are unaware of mistakes they don't make.
You have to be a total idiot not to write for money.
Our first duty is to serve society.
Our imagination does not move from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Some cunning people choose stupider wives, hoping to command them, and they are always wrong.
There is nothing more hopeless than entertainment according to plan.
A vow is a trap for virtue.
He was stupid in a new way, and therefore many recognized him as great.
The main advantage of a person is the ability to resist himself.
One cannot expect good deeds from a person who cannot be cheered up.
Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
A writer is talented if he knows how to present the new to the familiar, and the familiar to the new.
While the author is alive, we evaluate his abilities by the worst books, and only when he is dead - by the best.
For some reason, the world is so arranged that the overseers of the Negroes shout loudest about freedom.
Nature has endowed woman with tremendous power, and therefore it is not surprising that laws limit this power.
The most successful conversation is the one whose details are forgotten the next day.
As soon as we get everything we need, in addition to our desire, an artificial appetite is played out.
Life is so arranged that we are happy only with the anticipation of changes, but the changes themselves do not mean anything to us, they have just happened, and we are already craving new ones.
Where secrets begin, not far from deception.
Only by risking honor can one strive for honors.
He who waits for the right moment to do a good deed will never do anything good.
It is not customary for gentlemen to ask many questions in a conversation.
We show respect exactly as much as it is required.
The pleasure that a good interlocutor can deliver is in no way dependent on his knowledge and virtues.
The ability to see the positive side of every event costs more than a thousand pounds a year.
Stubborn recklessness is the last refuge of guilt.
Keeping your secret is wise, but expecting others to keep it is foolish.
A person will submit to any authority that will free him from the tyranny of self-will and chance.
A person can be persuaded, but it is impossible to cheer against his will.
What is the history of mankind if not a long story about unfulfilled plans and unfulfilled hopes?
Language is the clothing of thoughts.

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