Samuel Johnson Life Quotes


You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson Life 96
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson Life 83
He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale. Samuel Johnson Life 83
Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed. Samuel Johnson Life 80
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. Samuel Johnson Life 78
Novelty is indeed necessary to preserve eagerness and alacrity; but art and nature have stores inexhaustible by human intellects, and every moment produces something new to him who has quickened his faculties by diligent observation. Samuel Johnson Life 62
The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments of no fatal consequence.... Samuel Johnson Life 61
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation no how it shall be spent. Samuel Johnson Life 50
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live. Samuel Johnson Life 37

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