Quotes by Samuel Johnson about State

Samuel Johnson English author

Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state

Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state