--- title: "11 Attainment Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "11 Attainment quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Attainment sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/samuel-johnson-50_attainment_all-envy-is-proportionate-to-desire-we-a_2669919.png" --- > [All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-envy-is-proportionate-to-desire-we-are-uneasy-at-the-attainments/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/samuel-johnson-50_attainment_all-envy-is-proportionate-to-desire-we-a_2669919.png) > [Affectation naturally counterfeits those excellences which are placed at the greatest distance from possibility of attainment, because, knowing our own defects, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/affectation-naturally-counterfeits-those-excellences-which-are-placed/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61d/samuel-johnson-50_artificial_affectation-naturally-counterfeits-those_2436278.jpg) > [Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage may be applied to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/attainment-is-followed-by-neglect-possession-by-disgust-and-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bf/samuel-johnson-50_achievement_attainment-is-followed-by-neglect-posses_1481687.png) > [Among the lower classes of mankind there will be found very little desire of any other knowledge than what may contribute immediately…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/among-the-lower-classes-of-mankind-there-will-be-found-very-little/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82b/samuel-johnson-50_advantage_among-the-lower-classes-of-mankind-there_2925066.png) > [Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favour, which an artful flatterer may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/few-men-survey-themselves-with-so-much-severity-as-not-to-admit-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/802/samuel-johnson-50_attainment_few-men-survey-themselves-with-so-much-s_2632558.png) > [Such is the emptiness of human enjoyment that we are always impatient of the present. Attainment is followed by neglect, and possession…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/such-is-the-emptiness-of-human-enjoyment-that-we-are-always-impatient/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf2/samuel-johnson-50_attainment_such-is-the-emptiness-of-human-enjoyment_1890913.png) > [I am not able to instruct you. I can only tell that I have chosen wrong. I have passed my time in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-am-not-able-to-instruct-you-i-can-only-tell-that-i-have-chosen/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f5/samuel-johnson-50_able_i-am-not-able-to-instruct-you-i-can-only_1531922.jpg) > [At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/at-length-weariness-succeeds-to-labor-and-the-mind-lies-at-ease-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/373/samuel-johnson-50_age_at-length-weariness-succeeds-to-labor-an_49381.png) > [It ought to be the first endeavour of a writer to distinguish nature from custom; or that which is established because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-ought-to-be-the-first-endeavour-of-a-writer-to-distinguish-nature/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77f/samuel-johnson-50_attainment_it-ought-to-be-the-first-endeavour-of-a_1837701.png) > [Some read for style, and some for argument: one has little care about the sentiment, he observes only how it is expressed;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/some-read-for-style-and-some-for-argument-one-has-little-care-about/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b3/samuel-johnson-50_architect_some-read-for-style-and-some-for-argumen_117521.jpg) > [That eminence of learning is not to be gained without labour, at least equal to that which any other kind of greatness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-eminence-of-learning-is-not-to-be-gained-without-labour-at-least/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/samuel-johnson-50_acquisition_that-eminence-of-learning-is-not-to-be-g_1996102.png) ## Other authors on Attainment ## More by Samuel Johnson > [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) > [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attainment/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "11 Attainment Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All envy is proportionate to desire; we are uneasy at the attainments of another, according as we think our own happiness would be advanced by the addition of that which he withholds from us.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-envy-is-proportionate-to-desire-we-are-uneasy-at-the-attainments/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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