--- title: "6 Losing Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "6 Losing quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Losing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/samuel-johnson-50_fame_men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-g_326462.png" --- > [Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-greater-share-they-have-of-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/samuel-johnson-50_fame_men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-g_326462.png) > [The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-mind-is-never-satisfied-with-the-objects-immediately-before-it/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/samuel-johnson-50_felicity_the-mind-is-never-satisfied-with-the-obj_567363.png) > [I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-am-always-sorry-when-any-language-is-lost-because-languages-are-the-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/886/samuel-johnson-50_communication_i-am-always-sorry-when-any-language-is-l_1093689.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) > [The eye of the mind, like that of the body, can only extend its view to new objects, by losing sight of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-eye-of-the-mind-like-that-of-the-body-can-only-extend-its-view-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/317/samuel-johnson-50_body_the-eye-of-the-mind-like-that-of-the-bod_1809033.png) > [I am not so lost in lexicography as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/i-am-not-so-lost-in-lexicography-as-to-forget-that-words-are-the/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/samuel-johnson-50_art_i-am-not-so-lost-in-lexicography-as-to-f_2685789.png) ## Other authors on Losing ## 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/losing/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "6 Losing Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Samuel Johnson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-greater-share-they-have-of-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/samuel-johnson-50_fame_men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-g_326462.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/samuel-johnson-50_fame_men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-g_326462.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f47/samuel-johnson-50_fame_men-have-solicitude-about-fame-and-the-g_326462.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.” — Samuel Johnson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... 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