Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

It is wonderful to think how men of very large estates not only spend >>

Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch >>

A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of busine >>

Quotations about Mathematics

Mathematics alone make us feel the limits of our intelligence. For we >>

Mathematics is not a book confined within a cover and bound between br >>

So-called professional mathematicians have, in their reliance on the r >>

I would advise you Sir, to study algebra, if you are not already an adept in it: your head would be less muddy, and you will leave off tormenting your neighbors about paper and packthread, while we all live together in a world that is bursting with sin and sorrow.

Johnson, Samuel