The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson
Wine gives a man nothing… it…
Wine gives a man nothing… it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.
Samuel Johnson
We are long before we are conv…
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.
Samuel Johnson
Wine makes a man more pleased …
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
Samuel Johnson
Love is the wisdom of the fool…
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
Samuel Johnson
He that overvalues himself wil…
He that overvalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
Samuel Johnson
The mind is never satisfied wi…
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity… The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
Samuel Johnson
The true art of memory is the …
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Samuel Johnson
Almost every man wastes part o…
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Samuel Johnson
He who praises everybody, prai…
He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
Samuel Johnson