A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
A cucumber whould be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and viniger, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything. (attributed)
Samuel Johnson #Authors
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.
Samuel Johnson #Authors
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
Samuel Johnson #Authors