Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a >>

If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, w >>

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. >>

Quotations about Travel and Tourism

Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure. >>

I would like to spend my whole life traveling, if I could borrow anoth >>

Without stirring abroad, one can know the whole world; Without looking >>

He that travels in theory has no inconveniences; he has shade and sunshine at his disposal, and wherever he alights finds tables of plenty and looks of gaiety. These ideas are indulged till the day of departure arrives, the chaise is called, and the progress of happiness begins. A few miles teach him the fallacies of imagination. The road is dusty, the air is sultry, the horses are sluggish. He longs for the time of dinner that he may eat and rest. The inn is crowded, his orders are neglected, and nothing remains but that he devour in haste what the cook has spoiled, and drive on in quest of better entertainment. He finds at night a more commodious house, but the best is always worse than he expected.

Johnson, Samuel