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As today is Samuel Johnson's birthday, here are a few Johnson quotes still suited to our own times.
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
"A cable, Sir, is a twisted thing that goes on and on."
ReplyDeleteQuite amazing that a supposedly intelligent man can say something like that in the hope that it will curry favour with a voting segment, he also believes he can be PM, perhaps not intelligent at all just another useless politician.
ReplyDeleteSlightly o/t but reminded by your title:
ReplyDeleteWho but must laugh, the master when he sees,
A puny insect, shiv'ring at a breeze!
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44894/epistles-to-several-persons-epistle-iv
I do not like to say this but is Cable now losing the odd marble or two?
ReplyDeleteDamn, missed it. Should have run some quotes.
ReplyDeleteSam - I wish I'd thought of that.
ReplyDeleteWiggia - exactly. It's hard to see him as intelligent even though he may well come across as intelligent in a social situation.
Sackers - I keep intending to read Pope. One day...
Demetrius - I think he is. He seems to think he can overcome his age and tune in to the concerns of modern voters but I'm not so sure.
James - Google reminded me.