Samuel Johnson
# Samuel Johnson

Dr. Samuel Johnson (7 de setembro de 1709 - 13 de dezembro de 1784), foi um lexicófrafo inglês.
       - Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.
          - "History of Rasselas" in: "The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq"‎ - v.5, Página 458, de Samuel Johnson, Alexander Chalmers, Arthur Murphy - Publicado por Printed for F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823
       - Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance
          - The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.‎ - Vol. II, Página 15, de Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - Publicado por Jones, 1825
       - Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
          - Samuel Johnson em 20 de setembro de 1773; citado em "Boswell's Life of Johnson: including Boswell's Journal of a tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's diary of A journey into North Wales", Volume 5, Página 264, James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, George Birkbeck ... - Bigelow, Brown & co., inc., 1786
       - He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
          - Citado em "The World's Greatest Wacky One-Line Jokes" - página 88 - Bob Phillips - Harvest House Publishers, 2005, ISBN 0736914269, 9780736914260 - 124 páginas
       - Example is always more efficacious than precept
          - The prince of Abissinia: A tale. In two volumes: Volume 2 - Página 36, Samuel Johnson - Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, ... and W. Johnston, 1759 - 165 páginas
       - Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
          - The idler - Página 225, Samuel Johnson - Printed for T. Davies, 1767
       - If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.
          - Dr. Johnson's table-talk: aphorisms [&c.] selected and arranged from mr. Boswell's life of Johnson - Página 80, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell - 1807
       - Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
          - The Rambler: Volume 3 - Página 144, Samuel Johnson (écrivain) - J. Parsons, 1793
       - No mind is much employed upon the present: recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments
          - The prince of Abissinia: A tale. In two volumes: Volume 2 - Página 34, Samuel Johnson - Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, ... and W. Johnston, 1759 - 165 páginas
       - The true art of memory is the art of attention.
          - The idler - Página 123, Samuel Johnson - Printed for T. Davies, 1767
       - It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
          - The Rambler: In four volumes.. - Página 147, Samuel Johnson - W. Strahan [and several others], 1784
       - Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
          - A dictionary of the English language - página 18, Samuel Johnson - 1768
       - But love is only one of many passions
          - Mr. Johnson's preface to his edition of Shakespear's plays - Página x, Samuel Johnson - printed for J. and R. Tonson, H. Woodfall, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Hawes, Clark and Collins, T. Longman, W. Johnston, T. Caslon, C. Corbet, T. Lownds, and the executors of B. Dodd, 1765 - 72 páginas
       - Not been very lucky in his first wife, married a second, he said — Alas ! another instance of the triumph of hope over experience. .
          - The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Together with his life, and ... - Página 197, Printed for J. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son [and 36 others in London], 1787
       - No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library
          - The rambler - Página 2, Samuel Johnson - Longman, 1793
       - Language is the dress of thought.
          - Prefaces, biographical and critical, to the works of the English poets: Volume 1 - Página 149, Samuel Johnson - Printed by J. Nichols; for C. Bathurst, J. Buckland, W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Davies, T. Payne, L. Davis, W. Owen, B. White, S. Crowder, T. Caslon, T. Longman, ... [and 24 others], 1779
       - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

## Atribuídas

* "Uma das desvantagens do vinho é dar palavras aos pensamentos".
       - This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
          - Samuel Johnson citado em The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account ... In Two Volumes, Volume 1, - página 250, James Boswell - Henry Baldwin, 1791, 516 páginas
* "Aquele que faz de si próprio uma besta se livra da dor de ser um homem"
       - He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
          - Citado em "Anecdotes of the Revd. Percival Stockdale" (1809; em Johnsonian Miscellanies (1897), vol. II, p. 333, edited by George Birkbeck Hill; na musica "Bat Country" da banda Avenged Sevenfold ; e no jogo Amnesia : A Machine for Pigs.
* "Um homem deve ler segundo o que as suas inclinações o conduzem; porque o que ler como tarefa pouco bem lhe fará."
       - A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
          - Citado em "The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his studies and numerous works, in chronological order; a series of his epistolary correspondence and conversations with many eminent persons; and various original pieces of his composition, never before published." - Página 233, James Boswell - 1791 - 516 páginas
* "O amor é a sabedoria dos loucos e a loucura dos sábios."
       - love... it was the wisdom of a fool, and the folly of the wise
          - Citado em Memoirs of Samuel Foote, Esq: with a collection of his genuine ... - Página 154, William Cook - R. Phillips, 1805
* "Dois homens não podem ficar juntos durante meia hora sem que um adquira evidente superioridade sobre o outro."
       - No two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
          - The life of Samuel Johnson - Página 127, James Boswell, Roger Ingpen - 1791 - 504 páginas
* "A vida não pode existir em sociedade senão através de concessões recíprocas."
       - Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.
          - The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his ... - Página 434, James Boswell - Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry., 1791 - 516 páginas
* "Quem tem mil e um amigos não encontra um disponível; quem tem um inimigo encontra-o em todo lado."
       - He who has a thousand friends Has not a one to spare : But he who has one enemy Will meet him everywhere.
          - Citado em "Publication: Edições 31-60" - página 44, North Carolina. Dept. of Public Instruction - 1922
* "O patriotismo é o último refúgio dos canalhas."
       - Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.
          - Fonte: The Life of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D., biografia sobre Samuel Johnson de autoria de James Boswell, publicada em 1791
* "Quem está cansado de Londres, está cansado da vida; há em Londres tudo que a vida pode proporcionar."
       - When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford
          - The life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: comprehending an account of his ... - Página 160, James Boswell - Printed by Henry Baldwin, for Charles Dilly, in the Poultry., 1791 - 516 páginas