Quote by Samuel Johnson
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest bl

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

In a mans letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives. – Samuel Johnson

Read Quote

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money. – Samuel Johnson

Category:
Money
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Happiness
category

We are seldom happy with what we now have, but would go to pieces if we lost any part of it. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

Category:
Happiness

Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. – Red Skelton

Category:
Happiness

Happiness is a conscious choice, not an automatic response. – Mildred Barthel

Category:
Happiness

The search for happiness is one of the chief sources of unhappiness. – Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind, 1954

Category:
Happiness

Random Quotes

When I got into the music industry, I wasnt focused on being the most famous artist or even getting a major record deal. It was just to make music on my own terms or create my own image, do my own hair, do my own makeup. – Janelle Monae

Category:
famous

A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal. – Proverb

Category:
Liberalism

And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it. – Adam Weishaupt

Category:
Happiness

You can keep a dog; but it is the cat who keeps people, because cats find humans useful domestic animals. – George Mikes

Category:
Cats