From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the...

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to...

The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool...

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

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 true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary...

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

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...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of...

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...