Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

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

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that >>

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the >>

Quotations about Generations

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle >>

It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignor >>

Eighteen might look at thirty-four through a rising mist of adolescenc >>

Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

Johnson, Samuel