Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chamb >>

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. >>

All theory is against freedom of the will; all experience for it. >>

Quotations about Hope

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. >>

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unp >>

Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear. >>

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain; and expectations improperly indulged must end in disappointment.

Johnson, Samuel