Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Self-love is often rather arrogant than blind; it does not hide our fa >>

I have thought of a pulley to raise me gradually; but that would give >>

Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had >>

Quotations about Contrast

Joy and grief are never far apart. In the same street the shutters of >>

The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. >>

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker b >>

The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure which nature has indulged to sensitive perception is that of rest after fatigue.

Johnson, Samuel