Quotes by Johnson, Samuel

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to >>

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

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts wh >>

Quotations about Conversation

I would rather take hellebore than spend a conversation with a good, l >>

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are i >>

Repartee is perfect when it effects its purpose with a double edge. It >>

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

Johnson, Samuel