Quotes

“To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.” Samuel Johnson

“There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.” Samuel Johnson

“It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.” Samuel Johnson

“To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed.” Samuel Johnson

“Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.” Samuel Johnson

“At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.” Samuel Johnson

“Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.” Samuel Johnson

“Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.” Samuel Johnson

“A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.” Samuel Johnson

“In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.” Samuel Johnson

“He who praises everybody, praises nobody.” Samuel Johnson

“The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.” Samuel Johnson

“The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.” Samuel Johnson

“A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.” Samuel Johnson

“Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.” Samuel Johnson

“All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.” Samuel Johnson

“Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.” Samuel Johnson

“When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.” Samuel Johnson

“Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess.” Samuel Johnson

“Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.” Samuel Johnson

“We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.” Samuel Johnson

“What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.” Samuel Johnson

“When you start falling for somebody and you can't stop thinking about when you're going to see them again, I love that. Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.” Orlando Bloom

“Whatever happens in life is fine - just trust in that.” Orlando Bloom

“Failure is simply the non-presence of success. But a fiasco is a disaster of mythic proportions.” Orlando Bloom

“When I was nine, I had this girlfriend and we used to have running races in the park. I wanted to be like Superman and fly in and rescue her.” Orlando Bloom

“I'm quite sensitive to women. I saw how my sister got treated by boyfriends. I read this thing that said when you are in a relationship with a woman, imagine how you would feel if you were her father. That's been my approach, for the most part.” Orlando Bloom

“I came back out here from England and I was there for a while and it was beautiful and it is just great to see London going from Spring to Summer and Autumn.” Orlando Bloom

“People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.” Orlando Bloom

“I missed my home - like the physicality of my home, I missed my friends and my family mostly and just hanging out and being in your home country - culturally it feels right and that is what I miss.” Orlando Bloom