»
Quote DB
Authors
Categories
Speeches
Search
My Quote List
Add Quotes to Your Site - Quote Generator
add
quote of the day
,
random quotes
or by topic (e.g.
funny quotes
)
Quote DB
::
Authors
::
Samuel Johnson
:: View Quote
View Quote
"Life is a pill which none of us can bear to swallow without gilding." -
Copy to Clipboard
--
Samuel Johnson
Listed in:
Life & Death
Add Quote To Your Quote List
Rating:
1
Rate Quote
1 votes submitted
Your Name:
Friend's Email:
Sponsored Links
Top 5 quotes from Samuel Johnson
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
"A second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience."
"A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself."
"Sex: the expense is damnable, the position is ridiculous, and the pleasure fleeting."
"Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain; and expectations improperly indulged must end in disappointment."
Top 5 quotes from Life & Death
"We've got to live. No matter how many skies have fallen."
"A shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases."
"The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it."
"Eighty percent of success is showing up."
"I'm not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens."
» Copyright © QuoteDB 2005
Quotes to your site
Links
Privacy