British history Quote by Samuel Johnson

“Once a man is tired of London, he is tired of life.”

— Samuel Johnson

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

— Samuel Johnson

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is…

— Samuel Johnson

A person who is tired of London is not necessarily tired of life; it might be that he just can’t find a parking place.

— Paul Theroux

The man who is tired of London is tired of looking for a parking space

— Paul Theroux

London is like the grave in one respect -- any man can make himself at home there; and whenever a man finds himself homeless…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“You know what they say; if you're tired of London, you're tired of life.”

— Warren Ellis

“When a man is tired of London, maybe he should go somewhere else. 'Going out in the Midday Sun'.”

— Kate A. Hardy

In a word, man in London is not quite so good a creature as he is out of it.

— John Galt

The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.

— Oscar Wilde

London, how could one ever be tired of it?

— Margaret Drabble

A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well…

— Stewart Alsop