Quotes about Life, page 24

He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

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

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Sings. Hope in every sphere of life is a privilege that attaches to action. No action, no hope.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

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 life

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endue it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about life