"There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten."
― Samuel Johnson
Topic(s):
Friendship
More From Samuel Johnson
- "Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."
- "So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other."
- "There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern."
More In Friendship
- "My father loved people, children and pets."― Tony Visconti
- "Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting."― Eustace Budgell
- "Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?"― Thomas Jefferson