You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company.
More Quotes from Samuel Johnson:
Excellence, in any department, can only be attained by the labor of a lifetime. It is not purchased at a lesser price.Samuel Johnson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man, upon easier terms than I was formerly.
Samuel Johnson
Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.
Samuel Johnson
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Samuel Johnson
He who endeavors to please must appear to be pleased.
Samuel Johnson
I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing but starving it is still worse.
Samuel Johnson
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Astronomy & Cosmology QuotesBased on Keywords: diameters
I would love to be able to pursue music as a career but honestly, I'm just not good enough.
Shawn Ashmore
I have a definite talent for convincing people to try something new. I am a good salesman. When I'm on form, I can sell anything.
Brian Eno
It is a paradox that far too few Americans participate in the wonderful ritual of democracy that we call Election Day.
Brad Henry