We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Happiness Quotes

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already...

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...

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...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it...

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.

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...

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Marriage is low down, but you spend the rest of your life paying for it.

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Nudists are people who wear one-button suits

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are...

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

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...