Poem · Philosophical literatureAnd with the guts of the last priest Let's wring the neck of the last king.Denis Diderot1772★ 9.6
BiographyI would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D · 1772★ 3.7
BiographyMuch may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D · 1772★ 2.1
BiographyIt is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilized society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together.Samuel JohnsonJames Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D · 1772★ 1.9