Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert >>

No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into >>

What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; >>

Quotations about Desire

Desire will in due time externalize itself as concrete fact. >>

Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few d >>

If you desire many things, many things will seem few. >>

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

Johnson, Samuel