Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write....

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

I should as soon think of contradicting a bishop

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Players, Sir! I look upon them as no better than creatures set upon tables and...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

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...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

To us, who are regaled every morning and evening with intelligence, and are supplied from...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

We believed in our idea - a family park where parents and children could have...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...

In 22 states parents cant take kids fishing and eat the fish if theyre lucky...