When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

I believe marriages would in general be as happy, and often more so, if they...

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few...

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to...

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In travelling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted,...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

The creative habit is like a drug. The particular obsession changes, but the excitement, the...

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the...

When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the...