Tag: Quote of the Day

The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.

Samuel Johnson

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

Samuel Johnson

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till grief be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.

Samuel Johnson

But if he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

Samuel Johnson

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.

Samuel Johnson

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Samuel Johnson

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.

Samuel Johnson

The true Genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.

Samuel Johnson

In this work are exhibited, in a very high degree, the two most engaging powers of an author. New things are made familiar, and familiar things are made new.

Samuel Johnson

I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence.

Samuel Johnson