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Samuel Johnson Quotes about Pleasure

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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Success, Work, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1848). “The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler”, p.132

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.

Humanity, Desire, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.183, Univ of California Press

It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.

Business, Men, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1851). “The beauties of Johnson: choice selections from his works”, p.33

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Pain, Pleasure, Ifs

Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.412

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Vices, Pleasure

Life has no pleasure higher or nobler than that of friendship.

Friendship, Pleasure, Higher

Samuel Johnson, William Page (1860). “Life and Writings”, p.279

So scanty is our present allowance of happiness that in many situations life could scarcely be supported if hope were not allowed to relieve the present hour by pleasures borrowed from the future.

Happiness, Hours, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1810). “The works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An essay on his life and genius”, p.175

Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.

Sacrifice, May, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.58

The friendship which is to be practised or expected by common mortals, must take its rise from mutual pleasure, and must end when the power ceases of delighting each other.

Friendship, Common, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson, Hester Lynch Piozzi, James Boswell (1787). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Late Productions of Mrs. Piozzi, Mr. Boswell, ...”, p.97

The liberty of using harmless pleasure will not be disputed; but it is still to be examined what pleasures are harmless.

Liberty, Pleasure, Stills

Samuel Johnson, Francis William Blagdon (1811). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia”, p.146

The great source of pleasure is variety.

Life, Pleasure, Source

'The Lives of the English Poets' (1779-81) 'Butler'

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

Men, Giving, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1840). “The Life and Writings of Samuel Johnson...”, p.308

Men become friends by a community of pleasures.

Men, Community, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson (1797). “The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, Etc. (A New Edition, Being the Ninth.).”, p.98

I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and being governed.

Pleasure, Subordination, Reciprocal

Thomas M. Curley, Samuel Johnson (1998). “Sir Robert Chambers: Law, Literature, and Empire in the Age of Johnson”, p.550, Univ of Wisconsin Press

Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly.

Health, Crime, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1840). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.84

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.

Disappointment, Wish, Pleasure

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1837). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius /c by Arthur Murphy, Esq”, p.116

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.

Pain, Cost, Pleasure

We all live upon the hope of pleasing somebody, and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and at last always will be greatest, when our endeavours are exerted in consequence of our duty.

Pleasure, Endeavor, Duty

"The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides".

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain, Expression, Pleasure

His death eclipsed the gayety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.

Death, Pleasure, Nations

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1842). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With and Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.120

The public pleasures of far the greater part of mankind are counterfeit.

Pleasure, Mankind, Counterfeit

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins (1787). “The Idler”, p.68

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.

Ease, Pleasure, Genuine

Samuel Johnson (1761). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes”, p.239

The expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting.

Fleeting, Ridiculous, Pleasure

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