There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
Interpretation
The thought of being with a charming partner can distract us from being cautious and rational.
In this quote, Samuel Johnson reflects on how the allure of a pleasant and attractive partner can lead us to let our guard down and perhaps overlook important considerations in life. It suggests that the emotional ties we form can sometimes cloud our judgment, highlighting the powerful impact relationships have on our reasoning and decision-making.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the influence of romantic relationships on decision-making.
To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood.
To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage.
Fly-fishing may be a very pleasant amusement; but angling or float fishing I can only compare to a stick and a string, with a worm at one end and a fool at the other.
When any anxiety or gloom of the mind takes hold of you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaining; but exert yourselves to hide it, and by endeavoring to hide it you drive it away.
A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
We all support the idea of a strong marriage, we all clearly like a good party. Call us hopeless romantics, call it the triumph of hope over experience - most of us think when people love each other and want to make that long-term commitment, that is a wonderful thing. So why would we stop a loving couple getting married just because they are gay?
I'm proud of my sexuality. I embrace it. It's just another part of me.
We could say that love is a tenacious adventure. The adventurous side is necessary, but equally so is the need for tenacity. To give up at the first hurdle, the first quarrel, is only to distort love. Real love is one that triumphs lastingly, sometimes painfully, over the hurdles erected by time, space and the world.
XVII Lady, i will touch you with my mind. Touch you and touch and touch until you give me suddenly a smile,shyly obscene (lady i will touch you with my mind.)Touch you,that is all, lightly and you utterly will become with infinite care the poem which i do not write.
Love will enter cloaked in friendship's name.
Sadly, I part from you; Like a clam torn from its shell, I go, and autumn too.
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