Lying Quotes by Samuel Johnson

In a man’s letters his soul lies naked.

— Samuel Johnson

In the motive lies the good or ill.

— Samuel Johnson

A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told.

— Samuel Johnson

Those writers who lie on the watch for novelty can have little hope of greatness; for great things cannot have escaped former…

— Samuel Johnson

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.

— Samuel Johnson

In a Man's Letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirrour of his breast.

— Samuel Johnson

Don't tell me of deception; a lie is a lie, whether it be a lie to the eye or a lie to…

— Samuel Johnson

A newswriter is a man without virtue, who lies at home for his own profit.

— Samuel Johnson

The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

— Samuel Johnson

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him; you have no business with…

— Samuel Johnson

I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with…

— Samuel Johnson

Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much; Who, born for…

— Samuel Johnson

Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and libraries, unknown and unexamined, unless some lucky compiler opens them by chance,…

— Samuel Johnson

Cunning has effect from the credulity of others, rather than from the abilities of those who are cunning. It requires no extraordinary…

— Samuel Johnson

He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the…

— Samuel Johnson

What signifies protesting so against flattery when a person speaks well of one, it must either be true or false, you know…

— Samuel Johnson

The common people do not accurately adapt their thoughts to objects; nor, secondly, do they accurately adapt their words to their thoughts;…

— Samuel Johnson

In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes…

— 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

In the condition of men, it frequently happens that grief and anxiety lie hid under the golden robes of prosperity; and the…

— Samuel Johnson

At length weariness succeeds to labor, and the mind lies at ease in the contemplation of her own attainments without any desire…

— Samuel Johnson

An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate indeed which will produce nothing without cultivation, but will always abundantly…

— Samuel Johnson