Quote #23079
When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put...
Category Archives: Samuel Johnson
Quote #23095
I hate mankind, for I think myself to be one of them, and I...
Quote #23111
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready...
Quote #23127
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think...
Quote #23064
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him for what he reads...
Quote #23080
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost...
Quote #23096
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found,...
Quote #23112
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he...
Quote #23128
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of...
Quote #23065
Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of...