--- title: "8 Benefits Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "8 Benefits quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Benefits sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/samuel-johnson-50_appetite_no-man-however-enslaved-to-his-appetites_562723.jpg" --- > [No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-man-however-enslaved-to-his-appetites-or-hurried-by-his-passions/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11a/samuel-johnson-50_appetite_no-man-however-enslaved-to-his-appetites_562723.jpg) > [There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-are-minds-so-impatient-of-inferiority-that-their-gratitude-is-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/038/samuel-johnson-50_benefits_there-are-minds-so-impatient-of-inferior_1262730.png) > [Sir, it is wrong to stir up law-suits; but when once it is certain that a law-suit is to go on, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sir-it-is-wrong-to-stir-up-law-suits-but-when-once-it-is-certain-that/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/567/samuel-johnson-50_benefits_sir-it-is-wrong-to-stir-up-law-suits-but_1460839.png) > [The greatest human virtue bears no proportion to human vanity. We always think ourselves better than we are, and are generally desirous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-greatest-human-virtue-bears-no-proportion-to-human-vanity-we/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/99b/samuel-johnson-50_action_the-greatest-human-virtue-bears-no-propo_1968021.png) > [Of riches it is not necessary to write the praise. Let it, however, be remembered that he who has money to spare…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/of-riches-it-is-not-necessary-to-write-the-praise-let-it-however-be/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/636/samuel-johnson-50_benefits_of-riches-it-is-not-necessary-to-write-t_2415492.png) > [It is not indeed certain, that the most refined caution will find a proper time for bringing a man to the knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-not-indeed-certain-that-the-most-refined-caution-will-find-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/samuel-johnson-50_advice_it-is-not-indeed-certain-that-the-most-r_2502593.png) > [Whatever professes to benefit by pleasing must please at once. The pleasures of the mind imply something sudden and unexpected; that which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/whatever-professes-to-benefit-by-pleasing-must-please-at-once-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c3/samuel-johnson-50_benefits_whatever-professes-to-benefit-by-pleasin_2646629.png) > [To those who have lived long together, everything heard and everything seen recalls some pleasure communicated, some benefit conferred, some petty quarrel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-those-who-have-lived-long-together-everything-heard-and-everything/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83b/samuel-johnson-50_amiable_to-those-who-have-lived-long-together-ev_2697032.png) ## Other authors on Benefits ## 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/benefits/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "8 Benefits Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption of others. 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