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title: "12 Dangerous Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
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> [To be of no Church is dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-be-of-no-church-is-dangerous/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Abuse is often of service. There is nothing so dangerous to an author as silence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/abuse-is-often-of-service-there-is-nothing-so-dangerous-to-an-author/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/integrity-without-knowledge-is-weak-and-useless-and-knowledge-without/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Study requires solitude, and solitude is a state dangerous to those who are too much accustomed to sink into themselves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/study-requires-solitude-and-solitude-is-a-state-dangerous-to-those/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-little-knowledge-is-a-dangerous-thing-it-only-hastens-fools-to-rush/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Solitude is dangerous to reason, without being favorable to virtue. Remember that the solitary mortal is certainly luxurious, probably superstitious, and possibly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/solitude-is-dangerous-to-reason-without-being-favorable-to-virtue/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-dangerous-for-mortal-beauty-or-terrestrial-virtue-to-be/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-faults-of-a-writer-of-acknowledged-excellence-are-more-dangerous/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [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/)

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> [To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant, and which is animated only by faith and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-be-of-no-church-is-dangerous-religion-of-which-the-rewards-are/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [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/)

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> [Solitude is the surest nurse of all prurient passions, and a girl in the hurry of preparation, or tumult of gaiety, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/solitude-is-the-surest-nurse-of-all-prurient-passions-and-a-girl-in/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Dangerous

## 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/)

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