Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Read your own compositions, and when you meet a passage which you thin >>

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

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is somethi >>

Quotations about Approval

Reproof on her lips, but a smile in her eyes. >>

Please all, and you will please none. >>

Those whose approval you seek most give you the least. >>

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

Johnson, Samuel