Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Beauty Quotes

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the...

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Pride is seldom delicate, it will please itself with very mean advantages; and envy feels...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly...

Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

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...

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up...