Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

Those that have loved longest love best.

Those that have loved longest love best.

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...

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...

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

The duty of criticism is neither to depreciate nor dignify by partial representations, but to...

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.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

Courtesy and good humor are often found with little real worth.

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

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

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

The longer we live, and the more we think, the higher value we learn to...

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

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...

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming...

While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming...

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must...

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must...

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise...

Suppose that we are wise enough to learn and know - and yet not wise...