Samuel Johnson ( 10 of 197 )
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so
much happiness is produced as by read more
There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so
much happiness is produced as by a good tavern of inn.
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who
have risen far above him.
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who
have risen far above him.
Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in read more
Tom Birch is as brisk as a bee in conversation; but no sooner
does he take a pen in his hand, than it becomes a torpedo to him,
and benumbs all his faculties.
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit read more
This man [Chesterfield] I thought had been a lord among wits; but
I find he is only a wit among lords.
Remarriage: A triumph of hope over experience.
Remarriage: A triumph of hope over experience.
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled read more
As any action or posture long continued will distort and
disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and
contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.
