Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Samuel Johnson

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Work

Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the Hebrides, and Johnson's Diary of A Journey Into North Wales

The book offers a detailed account of Samuel Johnson's life and character, as seen through the eyes of his close friend and biographer, James Boswell. It includes insights into Johnson's intellectual and social life, as well as his travels in Scotland and Wales. The work is considered a classic in the genre of biography and travel literature. more

Author

Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson was an English writer, poet, and lexicographer, renowned for his comprehensive English dictionary, 'A Dictionary of the English Language', published in 1755. His distinctive writing style and wit have cemented his place as a significant figure in the history of English literature. more

You May Also Like

“I think the true gardener is a lover of his flowers, not a critic of them. I think the true gardener is the reverent servant of Nature, not her truculent, wife-beating master. I think the true gardener, the older he grows, should more and more develop a humble, grateful and uncertain spirit.”

ThinkingShouldSpiritGrowsWifeFlowerMastersLoversGratitudeGardenGratefulCriticsAppreciationHumbleServantCheerUncertainThankfulnessGardenerCheerfulnessJoyfulnessWife Beating
Book:In a Yorkshire Garden
Create image

“The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people goin' by I see friends shaking hands saying, "How do you do" They're really saying "I love you." I hear babies cry, I watch then grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know; And I think to myself, What a wonderful world; Yes, I think to myself, What a wonderful world. Oh yeah!”

PeopleThinkingKnowsWorldHandsFacesGrowsWatchesWonderfulSkyLove YouCryColorBabyGratitudeYeahAppreciationCheerRainbowThankfulnessShakingCheerfulnessSay I Love YouJoyfulnessWonderful WorldShaking HandsColors Of The Rainbow
Author:Louis Armstrong
Create image

“How true it is that, if we are cheerful and contented, all nature smiles, the air seems more balmy, the sky clearer, the earth has a brighter green... the flowers are more fragrant... and the sun, moon, and stars all appear more beautiful, and seem to rejoice with us.”

IfsSeemsEarthBeautifulSpiritReligionSpiritualityStarsNatureSunAirSkyFlowerGratitudeMoonGreenCheerRejoiceGardeningCheerfulBrighterMoon And StarsSun MoonSun Moon And Stars
Author:Orison Swett Marden
Create image

“Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man - yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.”

MenLifeTreeTomorrowGratitudeSeasonsMarkAppreciationYesterdayTheeCheerBoresAshesEstatesThankfulnessFleetingRipeCheerfulnessOlivesJoyfulnessMaturedEmbryosMummy
Author:Marcus Aurelius
Create image