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title: "56 Desire Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
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> [All envy is proportionate to desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-envy-is-proportionate-to-desire/)

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> [Love is only one of many passions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/love-is-only-one-of-many-passions/)

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> [I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-have-already-enjoyed-too-much-give-me-something-to-desire/)

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> [The desires of man increase with his acquisitions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-desires-of-man-increase-with-his-acquisitions/)

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> [Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/some-desire-is-necessary-to-keep-life-in-motion/)

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> [Every desire is a viper in the bosom, who while he was chill was harmless; but when warmth gave him strength, exerted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-desire-is-a-viper-in-the-bosom-who-while-he-was-chill-was/)

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> [Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are suppliedmust admit those of fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/some-desire-is-necessary-to-keep-life-in-motion-and-he-whose-real/)

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> [It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-unpleasing-to-represent-our-affairs-to-our-own-disadvantage-yet/)

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> [It is very common for us to desire most what we are least qualified to obtain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-very-common-for-us-to-desire-most-what-we-are-least-qualified/)

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> [Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-is-rich-or-poor-according-to-the-proportion-between-his-2/)

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> [Curiosity, like all other desires, produces pain as well as pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/curiosity-like-all-other-desires-produces-pain-as-well-as-pleasure/)

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> [Sorrow is properly that state of the mind in which our desires are fixed upon the past without looking forward to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sorrow-is-properly-that-state-of-the-mind-in-which-our-desires-are/)

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> [I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-never-desire-to-converse-with-a-man-who-has-written-more-than-he/)

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> [I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-look-upon-this-as-i-did-upon-the-dictionary-it-is-all-work-and-my/)

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> [Memory is like all other human powers, with which no man can be satisfied who measures them by what he can conceive,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/memory-is-like-all-other-human-powers-with-which-no-man-can-be/)

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> [There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-is-no-temper-more-unpropitious-to-interest-than-desultory/)

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> [It is not the desire of new acquisitions, but the glory of conquests, that fires the soldier's breast; as indeed the town…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-not-the-desire-of-new-acquisitions-but-the-glory-of-conquests/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [There lurks, perhaps, in every human heart a desire of distinction, which inclines every man first to hope, and then to believe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-lurks-perhaps-in-every-human-heart-a-desire-of-distinction/)

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> [They who have already enjoyed the crowds and noise of the great city, know their desire to return is little more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/they-who-have-already-enjoyed-the-crowds-and-noise-of-the-great-city/)

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> [Where necessity ends, desire and curiosity begin; and no sooner are we supplied with everything nature can demand than we sit down…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/where-necessity-ends-desire-and-curiosity-begin-and-no-sooner-are-we/)

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> [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/)

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> [When the desire of wealth is taking hold of the heart, let us look round and see how it operates upon than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-the-desire-of-wealth-is-taking-hold-of-the-heart-let-us-look/)

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> [We took tea, by Boswell's desire; and I eat one bun, I think, that I might not be seen to fast ostentatiously.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-took-tea-by-boswell-s-desire-and-i-eat-one-bun-i-think-that-i/)

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> [There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-prevails-among-men-of-letters-an-opinion-that-all-appearance-of/)

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> [Such is the state of every age, every sex, and every condition: all have their cares, either from nature or from folly;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/such-is-the-state-of-every-age-every-sex-and-every-condition-all-have/)

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> [Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments; any enlargement of wishes is therefore…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-is-rich-or-poor-according-to-the-proportion-between-his/)

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> [But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/but-the-distant-hope-of-being-one-day-useful-or-eminent-ought-not-to/)

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> [No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to extinguish the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-degree-of-knowledge-attainable-by-man-is-able-to-set-him-above-the-2/)

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> [That the happiness of man may still remain imperfect, as wants in this place are easily supplied, new wants likewise are easily…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-the-happiness-of-man-may-still-remain-imperfect-as-wants-in-this/)

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> [The disturbers of happiness are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-disturbers-of-happiness-are-our-desires-our-griefs-and-our-fears/)

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> [The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-disturbers-of-our-happiness-in-this-world-are-our-desires-our/)

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> [Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/some-desire-is-necessary-to-keep-life-in-motion-and-he-whose-real-2/)

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> [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/)

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> [We consider ourselves as defective in memory, either because we remember less than we desire, or less than we suppose others to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-consider-ourselves-as-defective-in-memory-either-because-we/)

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> [Let him that desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/let-him-that-desires-to-see-others-happy-make-haste-to-give-while-his/)

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> [To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-be-happy-at-home-is-the-ultimate-result-of-all-ambition-the-end-to/)

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> [“It is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-all-work-and-my-inducement-to-it-is-not-love-or-desire-of-fame/)

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> [Whoever desires, for his writings or himself, what none can reasonably contemn, the favour of mankind, must add grace to strength, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/whoever-desires-for-his-writings-or-himself-what-none-can-reasonably/)

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> [The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-present-time-is-seldom-able-to-fill-desire-or-imagination-with/)

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## 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/)

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> [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/)

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> [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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> [“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/)

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> [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/)

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> [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/)

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