--- title: "15 Imagine Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "15 Imagine quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Imagine sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/samuel-johnson-50_advice_no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-wh_1685136.png" --- > [No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-when-he-imagines-it-received/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/samuel-johnson-50_advice_no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-wh_1685136.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3d/samuel-johnson-50_admiration_admiration-must-be-continued-by-that-nov_705004.png) > [People may be taken in once, who imagine that an author is greater in private life than other men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/people-may-be-taken-in-once-who-imagine-that-an-author-is-greater-in/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90d/samuel-johnson-50_authorship_people-may-be-taken-in-once-who-imagine_2465823.png) > [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-3/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e8/samuel-johnson-50_degrees_every-man-is-prompted-by-the-love-of-him_2776577.png) > [Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/youth-enters-the-world-with-very-happy-prejudices-in-her-own-favor/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/samuel-johnson-50_accomplishment_youth-enters-the-world-with-very-happy-p_321627.png) > [Among other pleasing errors of young minds is the opinion of their own importance. He that has not yet remarked, how little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/among-other-pleasing-errors-of-young-minds-is-the-opinion-of-their/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bd/samuel-johnson-50_admirer_among-other-pleasing-errors-of-young-min_337094.png) > [Of those that spin out trifles and die without a memorial, many flatter themselves with high opinions of their own importance, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/of-those-that-spin-out-trifles-and-die-without-a-memorial-many/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/344/samuel-johnson-50_dies_of-those-that-spin-out-trifles-and-die-w_3000093.png) > [There is no idleness, by which we are so easily seduced, as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-is-no-idleness-by-which-we-are-so-easily-seduced-as-that-which/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c10/samuel-johnson-50_agitation_there-is-no-idleness-by-which-we-are-so_2463882.png) > [Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/every-man-however-hopeless-his-pretensions-may-appear-has-some/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35f/samuel-johnson-50_art_every-man-however-hopeless-his-pretensio_2762096.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/samuel-johnson-50_amusement_there-is-a-certain-race-of-men-that-eith_2562942.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f3/samuel-johnson-50_balance_every-man-is-prompted-by-the-love-of-him_253298.jpg) > [In most ages many countries have had part of their inhabitants in a state of slavery; yet it may be doubted whether…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-most-ages-many-countries-have-had-part-of-their-inhabitants-in-a/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/826/samuel-johnson-50_age_in-most-ages-many-countries-have-had-par_1764606.jpg) > [A transition from an author's book to his conversation is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-transition-from-an-author-s-book-to-his-conversation-is-too-often/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/630/samuel-johnson-50_atheism_a-transition-from-an-author-s-book-to-hi_348037.jpg) > [No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. He that imagines an assembly filled with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-cause-more-frequently-produces-bashfulness-than-too-high-an/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/samuel-johnson-50_arrogance_no-cause-more-frequently-produces-bashfu_838025.png) > [The diversion of baiting an author has the sanction of all ages and nations, and is more lawful than the sport of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-diversion-of-baiting-an-author-has-the-sanction-of-all-ages-and/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/samuel-johnson-50_age_the-diversion-of-baiting-an-author-has-t_2266999.jpg) ## Other authors on Imagine ## 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/imagine/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "15 Imagine Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-when-he-imagines-it-received/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/samuel-johnson-50_advice_no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-wh_1685136.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/samuel-johnson-50_advice_no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-wh_1685136.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/samuel-johnson-50_advice_no-man-tells-his-opinion-so-freely-as-wh_1685136.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“No man tells his opinion so freely as when he imagines it received with implicit veneration.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Admiration must be continued by that novelty which first produces it; 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