I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Painting Quotes

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him...

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is...

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

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

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting...

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

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...

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

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

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

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you¦. Often invoke them,...

Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you¦. Often invoke them,...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Attachment to spiritual things is.. just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything...

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains