Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured and little to be enjoyed.
—Samuel Johnson in The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
About Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography calls him "arguably the most distinguished man...
More quotations from Samuel Johnson
More about this quote
There are people I know who won't hurt me. I call them corpses.