Samuel Johnson: Homem
Explore frases interessantes em homem.“Na maior parte dos homens, as dificuldades são filhas da preguiça.”
Variante: As maiores dificuldades são filhas da preguiça.
If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged from mr. Boswell's life of Johnson - Página 80 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=k90DAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA80, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1807
“Aquele que faz de si próprio uma besta se livra da dor de ser um homem”
He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
citado em "Anecdotes of the Revd. Percival Stockdale" (1809; em Johnsonian Miscellanies (1897), vol. II, p. 333, edited by George Birkbeck Hill; na musica "Bat Country" da banda Avenged Sevenfold ; e no jogo Amnesia : A Machine for Pigs.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
citado em "The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published." - Página 233 http://books.google.com.br/books?id=HeINAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA233, James Boswell - 1791 - 516 páginas
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