Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Absence Quotes

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

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...

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

Do not hope wholly to reason away your troubles; do not feed them with attention,...

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much...

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

The necessary connexion of representatives with taxes, seems to have sunk deep into many of...

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure itself is not a vice

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

No man was ever great by imitation.

No man was ever great by imitation.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Little people do not wear well under either extremes of fortune

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

Among the smaller duties of life I hardly know any one more important than that...

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.

Praise out of season, or tactlessly bestowed, can freeze the heart as much as blame.