Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive. >>

The future is purchased by the present. >>

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must >>

Quotations about Extravagance

Where there is no extravagance there is no love, and where there is no >>

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million doll >>

My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my f >>

As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer. When so much general productive exertion is the consequence of luxury, the nation does not care though there are debtors; nay, they would not care though their creditors were there too.

Johnson, Samuel