The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Life Quotes, Love Quotes

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...

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...

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he...

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he...

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...

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All intellectual improvement arises from leisure

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

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.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is...

What ills from beauty spring

What ills from beauty spring

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some...

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...

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

Too many people in America believe that if you are pro-choice that means pro-abortion. It...

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.

The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.