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Knarvorn britisk sponsoreret ordbogs-ordensmenneske
Briterne overstråledes i 1700-tallet af kulturcenteret Paris og dettes
encyklopædier og ordbøger og smagsdommerlitteratur og fornyelse
Forlagenes desparate modtræk i patriot-ærens navn var at sponsere en
genuial drukkenbold som var chefredaktør og fyldte egne kæpheste på
ordbogsværket og de var sjovere end det der er analogt til vor Store
Danske Ordbog med grundige ordforklaringer med eksempler på brug og
associationer


SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709-1784)ENGLISH AUTHOR

Every quotation contributes something to the stability and enlargement
of the language      Samuel Johnson

Happiness is nothing if it is not known, and very little if it is not
envied.      Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)English Author

Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are
always cruel. Samuel Johnson 1763

Hell is paved with good intentions. Helvede er brolagt med gode
forsætter      Samuel Johnson

We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have
never deceived us       Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)English
Author

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves. Samuel
Johnson

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and perhaps the chief happiness
which this world affords.Love of food is sincere      Samuel
Johnson (1709-1784)English Author

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage       Samuel Johnson
(1709-1784)English Author.

Efterhånden som en mand bliver ældre, opnår han hvad der er bedre end
beundring - dømmekraft til at skatte tingene efter deres sande værdi.
Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refugee of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson
"Ingen er hykler i sine egne øjne"Samuel Johnson
The master of mechanics laughs at strength.Samuel Johnson
Unless a woman has an amorous heart, she is a dull companion. Samuel
Johnson

Beundring og kærlighed er som at være beruset af champagne; sund
dømmekraft og venskab som at være oplivet af den. -      Samuel
Johnson

Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force.The
master of mechanics laughs at strength.Samuel Johnson

Boswell: Men er ikke frygt for døden naturlig for mennesket?
Dr. Johnson: I saa høj grad, sir, at hele livet bestaar i at holde
tanken om den borte.      Samuel Johnson

   Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted, when it
is well employed.      Johnson

There is no kind of idleness by which we are so easily seduced as that
which dignifies itself by the appearance of business.       Samuel
Johnson

Prejudice not being founded on reason cannot be removed by argument.
Samuel Johnson