Best quotes by Samuel Johnson on Life

Checkout quotes by Samuel Johnson on Life

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

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ 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.

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• ‟ Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

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• ‟ 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.

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

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

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

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• ‟ By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.

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• ‟ You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

  - Samuel Johnson