If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

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

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

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how...

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how...

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at...

What is easy is seldom excellent.

What is easy is seldom excellent.

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

It is a man's own fault, it is from want of use, if his mind...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not...

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be...

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...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.