Samuel Johnson Sorry Quotations

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.

I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.

I am sorry I have not learnt to play at cards. It is very useful in life: it generates kindness, and consolidates society.

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled.

The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one or the other for weeks.