Quotes by Johnson

To hear complaints is tiresome to the miserable and the happy. >>

If what happens does not make us richer, we must welcome it if it make >>

No one will persist long in helping someone who will not help themselv >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good b >>

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become m >>

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodles >>

Books to judicious compilers, are useful; to particular arts and professions, they are absolutely necessary; to men of real science, they are tools: but more are tools to them.

Johnson