Quote #159
It is man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind grows torpid in old age.
More from Samuel Johnson
- All argument is against it; but all belief is for it.
- Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea.
- It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentional lying, that there is so much falsehood in the world.
- Every state of society is as luxurious as it can be. Men always take the best they can get.
- It must be agreed that in most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether …
- A country governed by a despot is an inverted cone.
- Here's to the next insurrection of the negroes in the West Indies.
- I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.