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title: "11 Fancy Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
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> [We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-may-take-fancy-for-a-companion-but-must-follow-reason-as-our-guide/)

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

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> [All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-power-of-fancy-over-reason-is-a-degree-of-madness/)

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

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> [To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-paint-things-as-they-are-requires-a-minute-attention-and-employs/)

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

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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/)

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

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> [I fancy mankind may come, in time, to write all aphoristically, except in narrative; grow weary of preparation, and connection, and illustration,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-fancy-mankind-may-come-in-time-to-write-all-aphoristically-except/)

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

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> [Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/ye-who-listen-with-credulity-to-the-whispers-of-fancy-and-pursue-with/)

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

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> [Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/many-of-our-miseries-are-merely-comparative-we-are-often-made-unhappy/)

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

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> [To expect that the intricacies of science will be pierced by a careless glance, or the eminences of fame ascended without labour,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-expect-that-the-intricacies-of-science-will-be-pierced-by-a/)

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

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> [A simile, to be perfect, must both illustrate and ennoble the subject; must show it to the understanding in a clearer view,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-simile-to-be-perfect-must-both-illustrate-and-ennoble-the-subject/)

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

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> [The complaint, therefore, that all topicks are preoccupied, is nothing more than the murmur of ignorance or idleness, by which some discourage…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-complaint-therefore-that-all-topicks-are-preoccupied-is-nothing/)

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

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> [Every man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine that he possesses some qualities, superior, either in kind or degree,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-is-prompted-by-the-love-of-himself-to-imagine-that-he/)

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

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## Other authors on Fancy

## 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/)

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