Quotes about Quote
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness. ( On the Bravery of the English Common Soldiers )
- Samuel Johnson
Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
- Samuel Johnson
The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!
- Samuel Johnson
Satan, with vast and haughty strides advanc'd,Came tow'ring, arm'd in adamant, and gold.Parad. Lost.
- Samuel Johnson
Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapprov'd, and leave No spot or stain behind. Milton.
- Samuel Johnson
ANACEPHALÆOSIS (ANACEPHALÆO'SIS) n.s.[ or summary of the principal heads of a discourse.Dict.
- Samuel Johnson
It has been, from age to age, an affectation to love the pleasure of solitude, among those who cannot possibly be supposed qualified for passing life in that manner.Spectator,No 264.
- Samuel Johnson
Every project has been found to be no better than committing the lamb to the custody of the wolf, except that one which is called a balance of power.
- John Adams
Nothing can hurt you except sin; nothing can grieve me except sin; nothing can defeat you except sin. Therefore, be on your guard, my Mansoul.
- John Bunyan
There is no medium between the two things: the earth must either be worthless in our estimation, or keep us enslaved by an intemperate love of it.
- John Calvin
The frequent mention of the glory of God ought not to be regarded as superfluous, for what is infinite cannot be too strongly expressed.
- John Calvin
We both felt that the chief virtue of an interpreter consists in clarity combined with brevity.
- John Calvin