You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals...

The great source of pleasure is variety

The great source of pleasure is variety

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...

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...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as...

Avarice is always poor

Avarice is always poor

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

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...

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades...

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

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

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

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

I wish you would just swallow your damn pride for once and admit that you...

I wish you would just swallow your damn pride for once and admit that you...

Pride will spit in pride's face.

Pride will spit in pride's face.