--- title: "12 Gains Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "12 Gains quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Gains sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/samuel-johnson-50_difficult_nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honou_989462.png" --- > [Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honour-unite-their-influence/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/samuel-johnson-50_difficult_nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honou_989462.png) > [As every one is pleased with imagining that he knows something not yet commonly divulged, secret history easily gains credit; but it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/as-every-one-is-pleased-with-imagining-that-he-knows-something-not/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1db/samuel-johnson-50_credit_as-every-one-is-pleased-with-imagining-t_1408590.png) > [Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/advertisements-are-now-so-numerous-that-they-are-very-negligently-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/samuel-johnson-50_advertisements_advertisements-are-now-so-numerous-that_2220610.png) > [Good sense alone is a sedate and quiescent quality, which manages its possessions well, but does not increase them; it collects few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/good-sense-alone-is-a-sedate-and-quiescent-quality-which-manages-its/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/samuel-johnson-50_doe_good-sense-alone-is-a-sedate-and-quiesce_2057705.png) > [But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/but-though-it-cannot-be-reasonable-not-to-gain-happiness-for-fear-of/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/818/samuel-johnson-50_fear_but-though-it-cannot-be-reasonable-not-t_1561529.jpg) > [It is true that of far the greater part of things, we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-true-that-of-far-the-greater-part-of-things-we-must-content/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa4/samuel-johnson-50_analogies_it-is-true-that-of-far-the-greater-part_2883762.png) > [Without good humour, learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of the lion in the desert, where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/without-good-humour-learning-and-bravery-can-only-confer-that/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b95/samuel-johnson-50_arrogance_without-good-humour-learning-and-bravery_95417.jpg) > [Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/whatever-withdraws-us-from-the-power-of-our-senses-whatever-makes-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed8/samuel-johnson-50_association_whatever-withdraws-us-from-the-power-of_42213.png) > [To proportion the eagerness of contest to its importance seems too hard a task for human wisdom. The pride of wit has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-proportion-the-eagerness-of-contest-to-its-importance-seems-too/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa3/samuel-johnson-50_age_to-proportion-the-eagerness-of-contest-t_1767803.jpg) > [There is such a difference between the pursuits of men in great cities that one part of the inhabitants lives to little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-is-such-a-difference-between-the-pursuits-of-men-in-great/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/samuel-johnson-50_aversion_there-is-such-a-difference-between-the-p_3178889.jpg) > [We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-are-unreasonably-desirous-to-separate-the-goods-of-life-from-those/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/samuel-johnson-50_acquisition_we-are-unreasonably-desirous-to-separate_2213056.jpg) > [It has long been observed, that an atheist has no just reason for endeavouring conversions; and yet none harass those minds which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-has-long-been-observed-that-an-atheist-has-no-just-reason-for/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b2/samuel-johnson-50_atheism_it-has-long-been-observed-that-an-atheis_2617322.png) ## Other authors on Gains ## 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/gains/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "12 Gains Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honour-unite-their-influence/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/samuel-johnson-50_difficult_nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honou_989462.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/samuel-johnson-50_difficult_nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honou_989462.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/samuel-johnson-50_difficult_nothing-is-difficult-when-gain-and-honou_989462.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "As every one is pleased with imagining that he knows something not yet commonly divulged, secret history easily gains credit; 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