--- title: "22 Known Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "22 Known quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Known sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/samuel-johnson-50_envied_all-envy-would-be-extinguished-if-it-wer_1363064.png" --- > [All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-envy-would-be-extinguished-if-it-were-universally-known-that/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/samuel-johnson-50_envied_all-envy-would-be-extinguished-if-it-wer_1363064.png) > [This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/this-world-where-much-is-to-be-done-and-little-to-be-known/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/samuel-johnson-50_done_this-world-where-much-is-to-be-done-and_281191.png) > [The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-vanity-of-being-known-to-be-trusted-with-a-secret-is-generally-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/16d/samuel-johnson-50_known_the-vanity-of-being-known-to-be-trusted_1329150.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/samuel-johnson-50_bears_the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being_19885.png) > [Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/advice-is-offensive-it-shows-us-that-we-are-known-to-others-as-well/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f30/samuel-johnson-50_advice_advice-is-offensive-it-shows-us-that-we_1177613.png) > [In questions of law or of fact conscience is very often confounded with opinion. No man's conscience can tell him the rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-questions-of-law-or-of-fact-conscience-is-very-often-confounded/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfd/samuel-johnson-50_another-man_in-questions-of-law-or-of-fact-conscienc_2714745.png) > [What a strange narrowness of mind now is that, to think the things we have not known are better than the things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/what-a-strange-narrowness-of-mind-now-is-that-to-think-the-things-we/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/samuel-johnson-50_inspirational_what-a-strange-narrowness-of-mind-now-is_1542254.png) > [Let him go abroad to a distant country; let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/let-him-go-abroad-to-a-distant-country-let-him-go-to-some-place-where/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f72/samuel-johnson-50_abroad_let-him-go-abroad-to-a-distant-country-l_2252383.png) > [In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh Where hopeless anguish pour'd his groan, And lonely want retir'd to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-misery-s-darkest-cavern-known-his-useful-care-was-ever-nigh-where/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/samuel-johnson-50_anguish_in-misery-s-darkest-cavern-known-his-use_2173544.png) > [Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/happiness-is-enjoyed-only-in-proportion-as-it-is-known-and-such-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/samuel-johnson-50_contrary_happiness-is-enjoyed-only-in-proportion_1819818.png) > [We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because for a time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-frequently-fall-into-error-and-folly-not-because-the-true/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/samuel-johnson-50_action_we-frequently-fall-into-error-and-folly_1277927.jpg) > [Affectation is to be always distinguished from hypocrisy as being the art of counterfeiting those qualities, which we might with innocence and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/affectation-is-to-be-always-distinguished-from-hypocrisy-as-being-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/samuel-johnson-50_affectation_affectation-is-to-be-always-distinguishe_725253.png) > [It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-indeed-at-home-that-every-man-must-be-known-by-those-who-would/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93e/samuel-johnson-50_benevolence_it-is-indeed-at-home-that-every-man-must_1266294.png) > [Is not a patron, my lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/is-not-a-patron-my-lord-one-who-looks-with-unconcern-on-a-man/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8a/samuel-johnson-50_care_is-not-a-patron-my-lord-one-who-looks-wi_1727652.jpg) > [Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/idleness-is-often-covered-by-turbulence-and-hurry-he-that-neglects/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/475/samuel-johnson-50_bars_idleness-is-often-covered-by-turbulence_579963.jpg) > [General irregularities are known in time to remedy themselves. By the constitution of ancient Egypt, the priesthood was continually increasing, till at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/general-irregularities-are-known-in-time-to-remedy-themselves-by-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/959/samuel-johnson-50_ambition_general-irregularities-are-known-in-time_2911912.png) > [Advice is offensive, not because it lays us open to unexpected regret, or convicts us of any fault which had escaped our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/advice-is-offensive-not-because-it-lays-us-open-to-unexpected-regret/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01d/samuel-johnson-50_accusation_advice-is-offensive-not-because-it-lays_1244469.jpg) > [No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library; for who can see the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-place-affords-a-more-striking-conviction-of-the-vanity-of-human-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/samuel-johnson-50_accurate_no-place-affords-a-more-striking-convict_407817.jpg) > [The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths by his manner of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-task-of-an-author-is-either-to-teach-what-is-not-known-or-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ae/samuel-johnson-50_attraction_the-task-of-an-author-is-either-to-teach_124968.png) > [Nothing has so exposed men of learning to contempt and ridicule as their ignorance of things which are known to all but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nothing-has-so-exposed-men-of-learning-to-contempt-and-ridicule-as/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/624/samuel-johnson-50_ability_nothing-has-so-exposed-men-of-learning-t_732594.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f17/samuel-johnson-50_every-man_every-man-is-of-importance-to-himself-an_940794.png) > [Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/persius-has-justly-observed-that-knowledge-is-nothing-to-him-who-is/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/369/samuel-johnson-50_advantage_persius-has-justly-observed-that-knowled_1131584.png) ## Other authors on Known ## 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/known/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "22 Known Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-envy-would-be-extinguished-if-it-were-universally-known-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/323/samuel-johnson-50_envied_all-envy-would-be-extinguished-if-it-wer_1363064.png", "contentUrl": 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