Johnson
Johnson
Johnson is a surname of English origin. The name itself is a patronym of the given name John, literally meaning "son of John". The name John derives from Latin Johannes, which is derived through Greek Ἰωάννης Iōannēs from Hebrew יוחנן Yohanan, meaning "Yahweh has favoured". The name has been extremely popular in Europe since the Christian era as a result of it being given to St John the Baptist, St John the Evangelist and nearly one thousand other Christian saints...
praise falsehood
None can be pleased without praise, and few can be praised without falsehood.
religion church dangerous
To be of no Church is dangerous.
sorrow leisure sentimental
The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.
stupidity want proof
Want of tenderness is want of parts, and is no less a proof of stupidity than depravity.
useless would-be conjecture
Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.
influence argument failing
The arguments for purity of life fail of their due influence, not because they have been considered and confuted, but because they have been passed over without consideration.
fleeting ridiculous pleasure
The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
farce civility scene
The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
literature common
The richest author that ever grazed the common of literature.
hunting america gentleman
Hunting was the labour of the savages of North America, but the amusement of the gentlemen of England.
should-have done should
Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.
writing endeavour reader
Those authors who would find many readers, must endeavour to please while they instruct.
writing men letters
To read, write, and converse in due proportions, is, therefore, the business of a man of letters.
writing men views
It is, however, not necessary, that a man should forbear to write, till he has discovered some truth unknown before; he may be sufficiently useful, by only diversifying the surface of knowledge, and luring the mind by a new appearance to a second view of those beauties which it had passed over inattentively before.