Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is no >>

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it? >>

Knowledge is of two kinds: We know a subject ourselves, or we know whe >>

Quotations about Fame

The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced u >>

Fame is only good for one thing-they will cash your check in a small t >>

The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. >>

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.

Johnson, Samuel