Articles, tagged with "samuel johnson", page 1
28th April 2011
Are you sometimes "in cloud nine" and at other times in the depths of despondency?"
And so goes one of the questions that was asked in Oliver Tausend's blog that created the springboard for this topic on equanimity.
So, are you?
Are you sometime...
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Elmar Sandyck
06th April 2011
How can good attitude quotes be helpful? In this community, we tend to see people of different behaviors. Some people will have angel-like behavior, while other people can be as mischievous as devils.
Even if you might see yourself as one of the latte...
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Michael Lee
12th January 2011
"A man, who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of inferiority, from his not having seen what it is expected a man should see." --Samuel Johnson
Everywhere you look Rome it is full of history. Rome is the capital of modern Italy. The Eternal Cit...
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Odyssey Tours
29th November 2010
Samuel Johnson, the guy who wrote the Dictionary of the English Language, once said, “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless.” There's more to the quote, but the point here is, a little bit of knowledge can go a long way in life , especially ...
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Motoman
30th June 2010
Not for nothing did Samuel Johnson once asseverate that "when one is tired of London, one is tired of life", meaning that London essentially held every variety of marvel, beauty and achievement that the world could offer. The quote was a product of the 19...
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Pushpitha Wijesinghe
25th May 2010
Leads in the MLM Industry… are their real guide lines to help you succeed!
"Success is achieved by those who try and keep trying with a positive mental
attitude." - W. Clement Stone
Are you willing to go the extra mile or are you going from one M...
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grlewey
07th May 2010
Samuel Johnson said it almost 300 years ago, and I still believe it today ...
"If you're tired of London, you're tired of life."
I enjoy many locations around the world, but none so much as London. It's the center of civilization, as far as I'm conc...
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Chris Sims
15th February 2010
In front of the Delphic Oracle-temple is written: Know Thyself. Now, being fond of Samuel Johnson's Essays, which I often read and re-read, one fated day I found some valuable remarks that complemented the Delphic maxim.
Johnson a most versatile August...
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marciano guerrero
05th February 2010
In 1787, the United States Constitution was written. The completion took place in the same year on the month of September. In June 1788, the ninth state had ratified if but there were more proposals.
Here's a chronological list of important events tha...
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Kenny Leones
24th November 2009
There is a famous quotation said by Samuel Johnson in the praise of London that "when a man is tried out of London he is tired of life" which is all time truth because no one ever will deny the beauty of London. Due to the city's popularity as an entertai...
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neronsmith
14th October 2009
Life is amazing. Sometimes it gives us fortune of happiness and sometimes it throws us unexpected things which we probably don't want to have. Whether life is easy, difficult, happy or sad, it's always a great idea to turn to an inspiring life quotes.
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Manish Kapoor
13th September 2009
By Samuel Johnson
When it comes to your significant other, have you ever asked yourself "Why show her appreciation?" I mean, you love her, you tell her that you love her.
You brag on the meals that she makes, and you truly mean it…yet, here latel...
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lizjohn58
24th July 2009
So, it's official - Manchester is better than London. Or at least, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, it would appear that this is the case. Indeed, our capital city fails to make even the top 50 of the worlds' most liveable cities, according t...
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Author:
isxrc
06th June 2009
I have this theory that ‘genius' has a fixed percentage chance of appearing. This isn't a nature/nurture comment, just a theory that in a general overview of any population there will be a fixed percentage of geniuses.
If that's true, then the great ...
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Author:
Emma
01st June 2009
Tea's proper use is to amuse the idle and relax the studious, to dilute the full meal of those who cannot use exercise and will not use abstinence.
Samuel Johnson 1709 - 1764
The tea we drink and know so well is actually a camellia, Camellia sinensi...
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Author:
Maurice Robertson