Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some single >>

I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people fro >>

I gleaned jests at home from obsolete farces. >>

Quotations about Conversation

Conversation. What is it? A Mystery! It's the art of never seeming bor >>

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's >>

Saying what we think gives a wider range of conversation than saying w >>

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered but a general effect of pleasing impression.

Johnson, Samuel