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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

The endearing elegance of female friendship.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a...

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is...

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

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,...

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,...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

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.

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

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

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

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

I am not so much inclined to wonder that marriage is sometimes unhappy, as that...

The wedding ring goes on the left ring finger because it is the only finger...

The wedding ring goes on the left ring finger because it is the only finger...

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick...

In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick...