Samuel Johnson

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

Admiration begins where acquaintance ceases

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards read more

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has read more

I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads
of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and
irregular possession.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.