To hear complaints is wearisome to the wretched and the happy alike.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Self Pity Quotes

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

Before marriage a woman is pensive, after marriage, expensive

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with...

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals;...

To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals;...

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

It seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained, because writers may...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled...

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

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.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up...

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those...

It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I...

It's easy to sit there and say you'd like to have more money. And I...

Get money first; virtue comes later.

Get money first; virtue comes later.