Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself
Interpretation
Pride can blind us to our own flaws while making us overly critical of others.
This quote by Samuel Johnson suggests that pride is a negative trait that often leads individuals to see faults in others while failing to recognize their own imperfections. It emphasizes the tendency of people to project their shortcomings onto those around them, thus creating a cycle of judgment and self-deception fueled by an inflated sense of self-worth.
In practice
In a discussion about self-improvement, one might say, 'As Samuel Johnson wisely noted, pride can blind us to our own faults.'
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.
The Nihilistic Troll might pretend to be acting in the service of some cause or leader, but don't be fooled. The cause and their supposedly strong convictions are simply a way to justify and provide cover for their abusive behavior.
I would only believe in a god who could dance. And when I saw my devil I found him serious, thorough, profound, and solemn: it was the spirit of gravity—through him all things fall. Not by wrath does one kill but by laughter. Come, let us kill the spirit of gravity!
Every morning you put on your clothes to cover your nakedness and protect your body from inclement weather. Why don't you also clothe your soul with the garment of faith? Remember each morning the truths of your creed, and look at yourself in the mirror of your faith. Otherwise, your soul will soon be naked with the nakedness of oblivion.
Hanging one scoundrel, it appears, does not deter the next. Well, what of it? The first one is at least disposed of.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
From being a patriotic myth, the Russian people have become an awful reality.
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