Samuel Johnson - Love Quotes

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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.

Samuel Johnson

Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.

Samuel Johnson

Among the calamities of war may be jointly numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates and credulity encourages.

Samuel Johnson

Everybody loves to have things which please the palate put in their way, without trouble or preparation.

Samuel Johnson

Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

Samuel Johnson

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.

Samuel Johnson