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Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, ... Read Full Quote
Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled b ... Read Full Quote
A man ought to read just as inclination leads him for w ... Read Full Quote
Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great ... Read Full Quote
Language is only the instrument of science, and words a ... Read Full Quote
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and kn ... Read Full Quote
Old age is not a disease- it is strength and survivorsh ... Read Full Quote
It is better to live rich than to die rich. ... Read Full Quote
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier ... Read Full Quote
Round numbers are always false. ... Read Full Quote
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought our br ... Read Full Quote
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because la ... Read Full Quote
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions. ... Read Full Quote
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. ... Read Full Quote
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to conside ... Read Full Quote
No mind is much employed upon the present recollection ... Read Full Quote
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it ... Read Full Quote
A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. ... Read Full Quote
ESSAY -- A loose sally of the mind an irregular indiges ... Read Full Quote
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, an ... Read Full Quote
Great works are performed not by strength but by persev ... Read Full Quote
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is th ... Read Full Quote
When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his hap ... Read Full Quote
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain character ... Read Full Quote
Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wis ... Read Full Quote
Learn that the present hour alone is man's. ... Read Full Quote
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances ... Read Full Quote
There can be no friendship without confidence, and no c ... Read Full Quote
To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints ... Read Full Quote
We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship forme ... Read Full Quote
He who praises everybody, praises nobody. ... Read Full Quote
That fellow seems to posses but one idea and that is th ... Read Full Quote
As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so ... Read Full Quote
An intellectual improvement arises from leisure. ... Read Full Quote
A cucumber whould be well sliced, and dressed with pepp ... Read Full Quote
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live ... Read Full Quote
Language is the dress of thought. ... Read Full Quote
I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy c ... Read Full Quote
Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objecti ... Read Full Quote
I hate mankind, for I think myself to be one of them, a ... Read Full Quote
We are long before we are convinced that happiness is n ... Read Full Quote
The supreme end of education is expert discernment in a ... Read Full Quote
I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not mak ... Read Full Quote
Keeping accounts, Sir, is of no use when a man is spend ... Read Full Quote
When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence o ... Read Full Quote
What we hope ever to do with ease we may learn first to ... Read Full Quote
Your aspirations are your possibilities. ... Read Full Quote
Do not ... hope wholly to reason away your troubles do ... Read Full Quote
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it ... Read Full Quote
The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can e ... Read Full Quote
Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose ... Read Full Quote
The fountain of content must spring up in the mind, and ... Read Full Quote
Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of mor ... Read Full Quote
Men are wise in proportion not to their experience but ... Read Full Quote
No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, ... Read Full Quote
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitati ... Read Full Quote
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ... Read Full Quote
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances ... Read Full Quote
Hope is necessary in every condition. ... Read Full Quote
Every quotation contributes something to the stability ... Read Full Quote
A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper a ... Read Full Quote
Don't think of retiring from the world until the world ... Read Full Quote
Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little ma ... Read Full Quote
Of all the griefs that harass the distrest, Sure the mo ... Read Full Quote
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been ... Read Full Quote
Self confidence is the first requisite to great underta ... Read Full Quote
If you are idle, be not solitary if you are solitary be ... Read Full Quote
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. ... Read Full Quote
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great underta ... Read Full Quote
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part ... Read Full Quote
What is written without effort is in general read witho ... Read Full Quote
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who ... Read Full Quote
The world is not yet exhaused let me see something tomo ... Read Full Quote
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irri ... Read Full Quote
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know be ... Read Full Quote
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing o ... Read Full Quote
There are, in every age, new errors to be rectified and ... Read Full Quote
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all o ... Read Full Quote
Wine makes a man more pleased with himself I do not say ... Read Full Quote
Patriotism having become one of our topicks, Johnson su ... Read Full Quote
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor but ... Read Full Quote
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to g ... Read Full Quote
Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with ... Read Full Quote
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The ac ... Read Full Quote
Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves ... Read Full Quote
There is no observation more frequently made by such as ... Read Full Quote
Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and mai ... Read Full Quote
There will always be a part, and always a very large pa ... Read Full Quote