Samuel Johnson, J. Boswell The L Quotes

A collection of quotes by Samuel Johnson, J. Boswell The L.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) was an esteemed English writer, critic, and lexicographer. Widely regarded as one of the greatest literary figures of the 18th century, he is best known for his magnum opus, "A Dictionary of the English Language," which took him over nine years to complete. Johnson's witty and insightful essays, poems, and biographies greatly influenced British literature. James Boswell, a Scottish lawyer and writer, documented his life in a renowned biography titled "The Life of Samuel Johnson," which remains an important source of information about Johnson's thoughts, character, and contributions to English literature.

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Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain; and expectations improperly indulged, must end in disappointment. If it be asked, what is the improper expectation which it is dangerous to indulge, experience will quickly answer, that it is such expectation as is dictated not by reason, but by desire; expectation raised, not by the common occurrences of life, but by the wants of the expectant; an expectation that requires the common course of things to be changed, and the general rules of action to be broken.

Samuel Johnson, J. Boswell The L

Expectation