Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. — Samuel Johnson
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell · 1776
★ 1.3Provenance
Current citation
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.
Original citation
Johnson, Samuel. Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, written by James Boswell. Vol. 1, London: Charles Dilly, 1791, "1776," aetat. 46.