What did Samuel Johnson mean by: The fountain of contentment must spring up in the mind. Samuel Johnson Writer · England Copy
+ Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Cruelty, Nature, Pity, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Change is not made without inconvenience. Author, October 27, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Change, Growth, Inconvenience, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. Author, September 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Ambition, Happiness, Home, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ He who would have fine guests, let him have a fine wife. Author, September 22, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Expectations, Hospitality, Relationships, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Focus, Seasons, Transition, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain. Read explanation Author, January 10, 2024January 6, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Cost, Pain, Pleasure, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Gratitude is a species of justice. Author, September 5, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Gratitude, Justice, Morality, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
+ Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy! Read explanation Author, August 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Samuel Johnson, Culture, Happiness, Identity, 0 Samuel Johnson Writer · England
Most men spend the best part of their lives making the remaining part wretched. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Grief at the absence of a loved one is happiness compared to life with a person one hates. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
One must laugh before one is happy, or one may die without ever laughing at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t wait to be happy to laugh… You may die and never have laughed. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
