Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclina >>

He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rath >>

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with dili >>

Quotations about Disappointments

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending >>

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy -- the bankruptcy of a soul tha >>

When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Qu >>

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it supplies as many images to the mind, and as many topics to the tongue.

Johnson, Samuel