1. Famous Sentence of the day1

2. “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
 -Samuel Johnson. 18th century. English poet and linguist.
(As used in the preface of the book ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’)

3. What do you think it means?
 “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
What do you think it means?

4.  “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”
It may refer to when humans behave like animals (through drinking, drugs, or in other ways like aggression for example) they can take away their human emotions, and thus remove the feeling of pain associated with being a human.

5. Other quotations by Samuel Johnson
“Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.”

6. Other quotations by Samuel Johnson
“An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.”

7. Other quotations by Samuel Johnson
“It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.”

8. Other quotations by Samuel Johnson
“Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.”

9. Other quotations by Samuel Johnson
“The Tom-Yam-Goong of Bangkok is the best in the Eastern World.” This one may not be true…

10. Further reference