Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

A man ought to read just as his inclination leads him; for what he rea >>

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wan >>

Composition is, for the most part, an effort of slow diligence and ste >>

Quotations about Theater

In a drama of the highest order there is little food for censure or ha >>

We need a type of theatre which not only releases the feelings, insigh >>

The theater needs continual reminders that there is nothing more debas >>

The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, for we that live to please, must please to live.

Johnson, Samuel