Samuel Johnson Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784
Birthday: September 18
Death: December 13
Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden exchange meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness had before concealed; they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.
source: Samuel Johnson, Peter Martin (2009). “Samuel Johnson: Selected Writings”, p.310, Harvard University Press
topic: Marriage, Dream, Home, Reciprocate, Artifice, Happy Together
