Will Johnson
Will Johnson
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.
travel views watches
Let observation with extensive view, Survey mankind from China to Peru; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life.
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.
ignorance men race
There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.
together lines may
Shakespeare never had six lines together without a fault. Perhaps you may find seven, but this does not refute my general assertion.
intellectual perception matter
We are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance. Our intercourse with intellectual nature is necessary; our speculations upon matter are voluntary, and at leisure.
dull dictionary
To make dictionaries is dull work.
coffee headache steam
His most frequent ailment was the headache which he used to relieve by inhaling the steam of coffee.
fleeting ridiculous pleasure
The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.
youth easy circumstances
It is not easy to surround life with any circumstances in which youth will not be delightful.
wise brave prodigies
Fears of the brave and follies of the wise.
jest impression expected
Merriment is always the effect of a sudden impression. The jest which is expected is already destroyed.
exotic entertainment irrational
An exotic and irrational entertainment, which has been always combated, and always has prevailed.