 | William Mathews - 1903 - 442 strani
...metropolis of France. " I tell all young people," said Doctor Johnson, " and tell them with the greatest sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." The celebrated Elizabeth Carter — skilled alike in translating Epictetus and in making a pudding... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1909 - 562 strani
...what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have all my life long been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good " ' (Life 5. 210). ' Sir, are you so grossly ignorant of human nature, as not to know that a man may... | |
 | James Boswell - 1910 - 542 strani
...what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, being lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...convinced by it ; you do not know the authour. Suppose you after* What my friend treated as so wild a supposition, has actually happened in the Western Islands... | |
 | Daniel Jones - 1914 - 112 strani
...what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have all my life long been lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...book, you are convinced by it ; you do not know the author. Suppose you afterwards know him, and find that he does not practise what he teaches ; are you... | |
 | Alfred G. Gardiner - 1921 - 302 strani
...No man practises so well as he writes," said Dr Johnson. " I have all my life been lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." Of course we pay the penalty. We do not catch the early worm. When we turn out all the bargains have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1924 - 562 strani
...what it will. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon ; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...you afterwards know him, and find that he does not practice what he teaches ; are you to give up your former conviction ? At this rate you would be kept... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1925 - 826 strani
...book the worse. No man practises so well as he writes. I have all my life long been lying till noon, yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that no one who does not rise early will do any good.' Dr. Cheyne's book which Johnson recommended was '... | |
 | James Boswell - 1928 - 368 strani
...Lady McLeod (Hebr., 239) in discussing the morals of authors: No man practises so well as he writes Only consider! You read a book; you are convinced...teaches; are you to give up your former conviction? See also his Letters, 2. 234: I have a mind to look on Queeney as my own dear girl; and if I set her... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 strani
...Ibid., B, I, 444. No man practises so well as he writes. I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. Ibid., V, 210. THE mind is enlarged and elevated by mere purposes, though they end as they begin by... | |
 | W. Edward Harris - 1995 - 116 strani
...for health, wealth and wisdom. —Aristotle, ECONOMICS or "I have all my life been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great...nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good." — Samuel Johnson, 1773 MEDITATION I have used my 30 minutes to read and reflect on something helpful,... | |
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I have, all my life long, been lying till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. 
