Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people fro >>

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. >>

Virtue is too often merely local. >>

Quotations about Marriage

The betrothed and accepted lover has lost the wildest charms of his ma >>

Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old m >>

I should like to see any kind of a man, distinguishable from a gorilla >>

By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

Johnson, Samuel