Author Topic: ~ Samuel Johnson Quotes ~ (Read 6521 times)

MysteRy · « **Reply #135 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:11:21 AM »

Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied.

MysteRy · « **Reply #136 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:11:51 AM »

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty sickness and captivity would without this comfort be insupportable.

MysteRy · « **Reply #137 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:12:52 AM »

Sir a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well: but you are surprised to find it done at all.

MysteRy · « **Reply #138 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:13:22 AM »

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues. Because if you haven't courage you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

MysteRy · « **Reply #139 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:14:12 AM »

Your manuscript is both good and original; but the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original are not good.

MysteRy · « **Reply #140 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:14:58 AM »

Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being free from flatterers.

MysteRy · « **Reply #141 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:15:30 AM »

None are happy but by the anticipation of change. The change itself is nothing; when we have made it the next wish is to change again.

MysteRy · « **Reply #142 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:16:27 AM »

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy which would be the case in a general state of equality.

MysteRy · « **Reply #143 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:16:58 AM »

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.

MysteRy · « **Reply #144 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:17:31 AM »

Present opportunities are neglected and attainable good is slighted by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.

MysteRy · « **Reply #145 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:18:00 AM »

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

MysteRy · « **Reply #146 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:18:41 AM »

Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?

MysteRy · « **Reply #147 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:19:13 AM »

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.

MysteRy · « **Reply #148 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:19:43 AM »

Our desires always increase with our possessions. The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

MysteRy · « **Reply #149 on:** September 16, 2015, 11:20:18 AM »

We are convinced that happiness is never to be found and each believes it possessed by others to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

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