Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. >>

This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by pover >>

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression. >>

Quotations about Pleasure

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. >>

When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. >>

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure str >>

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

Johnson, Samuel