Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
Samuel JohnsonTo neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.
Samuel JohnsonMen who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
Samuel JohnsonWhat signifies protesting so against flattery when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know if true, let us rejoice in his good opinion if he lies, it is a proof at least that he loves more to please me, than to sit s
Samuel Johnson