--- title: "13 Claims Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "13 Claims quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Claims sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/samuel-johnson-50_age_golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-pr_590414.png" --- > [Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-privileges-of-age-and-retain/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/samuel-johnson-50_age_golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-pr_590414.png) > [It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the privileges of age,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-a-hopeless-endeavour-to-unite-the-contrarieties-of-spring-and/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/samuel-johnson-50_age_it-is-a-hopeless-endeavour-to-unite-the_2147495.png) > [Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. All men and all propositions are to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/liberty-is-the-parent-of-truth-but-truth-and-decency-are-sometimes-at/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/samuel-johnson-50_claims_liberty-is-the-parent-of-truth-but-truth_1585286.png) > [Some claim a place in the list of patriots, by an acrimonious and unremitting opposition to the court. This mark is by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/some-claim-a-place-in-the-list-of-patriots-by-an-acrimonious-and/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f24/samuel-johnson-50_claims_some-claim-a-place-in-the-list-of-patrio_94957.png) > [Marriage is the strictest tie of perpetual friendship, and there can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/marriage-is-the-strictest-tie-of-perpetual-friendship-and-there-can/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/40d/samuel-johnson-50_beauty_marriage-is-the-strictest-tie-of-perpetu_2407896.png) > [The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-authors-that-in-any-nation-last-from-age-to-age-are-very-few/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/899/samuel-johnson-50_age_the-authors-that-in-any-nation-last-from_3067719.png) > [He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-pursues-fame-with-just-claims-trusts-his-happiness-to-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/621/samuel-johnson-50_claims_he-that-pursues-fame-with-just-claims-tr_1198926.png) > [It may be no less dangerous to claim, on certain occasions, too little than too much. There is something captivating in spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-may-be-no-less-dangerous-to-claim-on-certain-occasions-too-little/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/201/samuel-johnson-50_captivating_it-may-be-no-less-dangerous-to-claim-on_1525580.jpg) > [He that writes may be considered as a kind of general challenger, whom every one has a right to attack; since he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-writes-may-be-considered-as-a-kind-of-general-challenger-whom/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a47/samuel-johnson-50_aspire_he-that-writes-may-be-considered-as-a-ki_876466.jpg) > [If lawyers were to undertake no causes till they were sure they were just, a man might be precluded altogether from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-lawyers-were-to-undertake-no-causes-till-they-were-sure-they-were/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a3/samuel-johnson-50_causes_if-lawyers-were-to-undertake-no-causes-t_1138023.jpg) > [Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding, can expect only to improve a single science. In every other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/even-those-to-whom-providence-has-allotted-greater-strength-of-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7be/samuel-johnson-50_able_even-those-to-whom-providence-has-allott_494971.png) > [It is certain that success naturally confirms in us a favourable opinion of our own abilities. Scarce any man is willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-certain-that-success-naturally-confirms-in-us-a-favourable/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/106/samuel-johnson-50_ability_it-is-certain-that-success-naturally-con_2329553.png) > [Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/just-praise-is-only-a-debt-but-flattery-is-a-present-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d18/samuel-johnson-50_acknowledgment_just-praise-is-only-a-debt-but-flattery_2066942.png) ## Other authors on Claims ## 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/claims/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Claims Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-privileges-of-age-and-retain/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/samuel-johnson-50_age_golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-pr_590414.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/samuel-johnson-50_age_golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-pr_590414.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb1/samuel-johnson-50_age_golf-is-a-game-in-which-you-claim-the-pr_590414.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the privileges of age, and retain the play-things of childhood.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-a-hopeless-endeavour-to-unite-the-contrarieties-of-spring-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/samuel-johnson-50_age_it-is-a-hopeless-endeavour-to-unite-the_2147495.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/samuel-johnson-50_age_it-is-a-hopeless-endeavour-to-unite-the_2147495.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b5c/samuel-johnson-50_age_it-is-a-hopeless-endeavour-to-unite-the_2147495.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is a hopeless endeavour to unite the contrarieties of spring and winter; it is unjust to claim the…” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Liberty is the parent of truth, but truth and decency are sometimes at variance. 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