Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. -Samuel Johnson

 

Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.


Comments

There are not yet any comments on this quote. Why not register / login and be the first?




This quote is just one of 76 total Samuel Johnson quotes in our collection. Samuel Johnson is known for saying 'Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest.' as well as some of the following quotes.

Hope is necessary in every condition.

Samuel Johnson

Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way.

Samuel Johnson

Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out.

Samuel Johnson

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

Samuel Johnson

Anybody who thinks of going to bed before 12 o'clock is a scoundrel.

Samuel Johnson