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title: "31 Lasts Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
description: "31 Lasts quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Lasts sayings from other authors."
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> [Reason and truth will prevail at last](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/reason-and-truth-will-prevail-at-last/)

[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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> [Nothing odd will do long. Tristram Shandy did not last.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nothing-odd-will-do-long-tristram-shandy-did-not-last/)

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

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> [If the guardian or the mother Tell the woes of willful waste, Scorn their counsel and their pother, You can hang or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-the-guardian-or-the-mother-tell-the-woes-of-willful-waste-scorn/)

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

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> [The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-lust-of-gold-succeeds-the-rage-of-conquest-the-lust-of-gold/)

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

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> [We never do anything consciously for the last time without sadness of heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-never-do-anything-consciously-for-the-last-time-without-sadness-of/)

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

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> [It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-matters-not-how-a-man-dies-but-how-he-lives-the-act-of-dying-is/)

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

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> [Superfluous lags the veteran on the stage, Till pitying Nature signs the last release, And bids afflicted worth retire to peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/superfluous-lags-the-veteran-on-the-stage-till-pitying-nature-signs/)

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

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> [To grieve for evils is often wrong; but it is much more wrong to grieve without them. All sorrow that lasts longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-grieve-for-evils-is-often-wrong-but-it-is-much-more-wrong-to/)

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> [A voyage to the moon, however romantick and absurd the scheme may now appear, since the properties of air have been better…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-voyage-to-the-moon-however-romantick-and-absurd-the-scheme-may-now/)

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> [The authors that in any nation last from age to age are very few, because there are very few that have any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-authors-that-in-any-nation-last-from-age-to-age-are-very-few/)

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

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> [To revenge reasonable incredulity by refusing evidence, is a degree of insolence with which the world is not yet acquainted; and stubborn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-revenge-reasonable-incredulity-by-refusing-evidence-is-a-degree-of/)

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

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> [In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-life-s-last-scene-what-prodigies-surprise-fears-of-the-brave-and/)

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

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> [The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-mind-is-refrigerated-by-interruption-the-thoughts-are-diverted/)

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

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> [Surely, it is much easier to respect a man who has always had respect, than to respect a man who we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/surely-it-is-much-easier-to-respect-a-man-who-has-always-had-respect/)

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

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> [Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/like-an-image-in-a-dream-the-world-is-troubled-by-love-hatred-and/)

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

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> [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/)

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> [Many causes may vitiate a writer's judgement of his own works. On that which has cost him much labour he sets a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/many-causes-may-vitiate-a-writer-s-judgement-of-his-own-works-on-that/)

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

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> [Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. What we have missed long enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/friendship-like-love-is-destroyed-by-long-absence-though-it-may-be-2/)

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

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> [There are three distinct kind of judges upon all new authors or productions; the first are those who know no rules, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-are-three-distinct-kind-of-judges-upon-all-new-authors-or/)

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

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> [Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/man-is-a-transitory-being-and-his-designs-must-partake-of-the/)

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

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> [Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, of sickness, or captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable; nor does…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/hope-is-necessary-in-every-condition-the-miseries-of-poverty-of/)

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

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> [1. Turn all care out of your head as soon as you mount the chaise. 2. Do not think about frugality: your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/1-turn-all-care-out-of-your-head-as-soon-as-you-mount-the-chaise-2-do/)

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> [I love the acquaintance of young people; because, in the first place, I do not like to think myself growing old. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-love-the-acquaintance-of-young-people-because-in-the-first-place-i/)

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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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> [The fiction of happiness is propagated by every tongue and confirmed by every look till at last all profess the joy which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-fiction-of-happiness-is-propagated-by-every-tongue-and-confirmed/)

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

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> [Yet reason frowns in war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name; And mortgag'd states their grandsire's wreaths regret, From…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/yet-reason-frowns-in-war-s-unequal-game-where-wasted-nations-raise-a/)

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

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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/)

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

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> [To get a name can happen but to few. A name, even in the most commercial nation, is one of the few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-get-a-name-can-happen-but-to-few-a-name-even-in-the-most/)

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

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> [Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in pleasure, and the second…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/avarice-is-generally-the-last-passion-of-those-lives-of-which-the/)

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

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> [Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/curiosity-is-in-great-and-generous-minds-the-first-passion-and-the-2/)

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

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## Other authors on Lasts

## 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/)

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