A thousand years may elapse before there shall appear another man with a power of versification equal to that of Pope.
More Quotes from Samuel Johnson:
Their learning is like bread in a besieged town every man gets a little, but no man gets a full meal.Samuel Johnson
Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble to make something in stone that hardly resembles a man. The value of statuary is owing to its difficulty.
Samuel Johnson
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Samuel Johnson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly.
Samuel Johnson
The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication, as the first actions of a new monarch agitate nations with hope and fear.
Samuel Johnson
I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the sons of heaven.
Samuel Johnson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Power QuotesBased on Keywords: elapse, versification
Your goal is to achieve the best results by following their wishes. If they want you to build a house upside down standing on its chimney, it's up to you to do it.
Richard M. Hunt
Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.
Gregg Easterbrook
I think I'm good at amplifying an actor's strengths, and minimizing their weaknesses. And they all have strengths and weaknesses.
Steven Soderbergh