Samuel Johnson

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and,
instead of thinking how things may be, to read more

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and,
instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.

A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.

A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He'll beat you all at piety.

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it read more

It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority