Interest Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design.

— Samuel Johnson

Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself.

— Samuel Johnson

Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest

— Samuel Johnson

There is no temper more unpropitious to interest than desultory application and unlimited inquiry, by which the desires are held in a…

— Samuel Johnson

In youth, it is common to measure right and wrong by the opinion of the world, and in age, to act without…

— Samuel Johnson

Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and…

— Samuel Johnson

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it;…

— Samuel Johnson

The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the…

— Samuel Johnson

A patriot is he whose public conduct is regulated by one single motive, the love of his country; who, as an agent…

— Samuel Johnson

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but the gradual growth of our own wickedness,…

— Samuel Johnson

As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now…

— Samuel Johnson

Among the calamities of war may be justly numbered the diminution of the love of truth by falsehoods which interest dictates and…

— Samuel Johnson

It was the maxim, I think, of Alphonsus of Aragon, that dead counsellors are safest. The grave puts an end to flattery…

— Samuel Johnson

He that outlives a wife whom he has long loved, sees himself disjoined from the only mind that has the same hopes,…

— Samuel Johnson

Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present…

— Samuel Johnson