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title: "51 Firsts Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
description: "51 Firsts quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Firsts sayings from other authors."
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> [The first step to greatness is to be honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-first-step-to-greatness-is-to-be-honest/)

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

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> [A blaze first pleases and then tires the sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-blaze-first-pleases-and-then-tires-the-sight/)

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

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> [I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-have-always-said-the-first-whig-was-the-devil/)

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

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> [All history was at first oral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-history-was-at-first-oral/)

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

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> [It is our first duty to serve society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-our-first-duty-to-serve-society/)

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

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> [The first years of man must make provision for the last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-first-years-of-man-must-make-provision-for-the-last/)

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

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> [When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-two-eglishmen-meet-their-first-talk-is-of-the-weather/)

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

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> [Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/much-is-due-to-those-who-first-broke-the-way-to-knowledge-and-left/)

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

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> [When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-any-calamity-is-suffered-the-first-thing-to-be-remembered-is-how/)

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

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> [If we estimate dignity by immediate usefulness, agriculture is undoubtedly the first and noblest science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-we-estimate-dignity-by-immediate-usefulness-agriculture-is/)

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

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> [He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-would-be-superior-to-external-influences-must-first-become/)

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

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> [Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/criticism-as-it-was-first-instituted-by-aristotle-was-meant-as-a-2/)

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

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> [When a man marries a widow his jealousies revert to the past: no man is as good as his wife says her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-a-man-marries-a-widow-his-jealousies-revert-to-the-past-no-man/)

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

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> [The great effect of friendship is beneficence, yet by the first act of uncommon kindness it is endangered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-great-effect-of-friendship-is-beneficence-yet-by-the-first-act-of/)

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

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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/)

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

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> [It requires but little acquaintance with the heart to know that woman's first wish is to be handsome; and that, consequently, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-requires-but-little-acquaintance-with-the-heart-to-know-that-woman/)

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

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> [It is good sense applied with diligence to what was at first a mere accident, and which by great application grew to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-good-sense-applied-with-diligence-to-what-was-at-first-a-mere/)

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

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> [In discussing these exceptions from the course of nature, the first question is, whether the fact be justly stated. That which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-discussing-these-exceptions-from-the-course-of-nature-the-first/)

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

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> [The ambition of superior sensibility and superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-ambition-of-superior-sensibility-and-superior-eloquence-disposes/)

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

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> [The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-appearance-and-retirement-of-actors-are-the-great-events-of-the/)

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

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> [When first the college rolls receive his name, The young enthusiast quilts his ease for fame; Through all his veins the fever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-first-the-college-rolls-receive-his-name-the-young-enthusiast/)

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

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> [Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/except-during-the-nine-months-before-he-draws-his-first-breath-no-man-2/)

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> [Every man is of importance to himself, and, therefore, in his own opinion, to others; and, supposing the world already acquainted with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-is-of-importance-to-himself-and-therefore-in-his-own/)

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

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> [Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/exactness-is-first-obtained-and-afterwards-elegance-but-diction/)

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

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> [Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/life-affords-no-higher-pleasure-than-that-of-surmounting-difficulties-3/)

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

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> [There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-is-a-certain-race-of-men-that-either-imagine-it-their-duty-or/)

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

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> [It is no matter what you teach them first, any more than what leg you shall put into your breeches first. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-no-matter-what-you-teach-them-first-any-more-than-what-leg-you/)

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

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> [If an author be supposed to involve his thoughts in voluntary obscurity, and to obstruct, by unnecessary difficulties, a mind eager in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-an-author-be-supposed-to-involve-his-thoughts-in-voluntary/)

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

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> [But to the particular species of excellence men are directed, not by an ascendant planet or predominating humour, but by the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/but-to-the-particular-species-of-excellence-men-are-directed-not-by/)

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

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> [When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/when-i-first-collected-these-authorities-i-was-desirous-that-every/)

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

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> [The student who would build his knowledge on solid foundations, and proceed by just degrees to the pinnacles of truth, is directed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-student-who-would-build-his-knowledge-on-solid-foundations-and/)

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

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> [It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-was-the-peculiar-artifice-of-habit-not-to-suffer-her-power-to-be/)

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> [To write is, indeed, no unpleasing employment, when one sentiment readily produces another, and both ideas and expressions present themselves at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-write-is-indeed-no-unpleasing-employment-when-one-sentiment/)

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> [Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; and how much soever is given, there must always be reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/admiration-must-be-continued-by-that-novelty-which-first-produces-it/)

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

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> [A woman of fortune being used the handling of money, spends it judiciously; but a woman who gets the command of money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-woman-of-fortune-being-used-the-handling-of-money-spends-it/)

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> [Attainment is followed by neglect, possession by disgust, and the malicious remark of the Greek epigrammatist on marriage may be applied to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/attainment-is-followed-by-neglect-possession-by-disgust-and-the/)

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

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> [If a madman were to come into this room with a stick in his hand, no doubt we should pity the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-a-madman-were-to-come-into-this-room-with-a-stick-in-his-hand-no/)

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> [Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/flattery-pleases-very-generally-in-the-first-place-the-flatterer-may/)

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> [The truth is that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-truth-is-that-the-spectators-are-always-in-their-senses-and-know/)

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> [It is commonly observed, that when two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather; they are in haste to tell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-commonly-observed-that-when-two-englishmen-meet-their-first/)

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## Other authors on Firsts

## 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/)

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> [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/)

[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/)

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> [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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