--- title: "8 Minutes Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "8 Minutes quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Minutes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/samuel-johnson-50_able_all-knowledge-is-of-itself-of-some-value_183017.png" --- > [All knowledge is of itself of some value. There is nothing so minute or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-knowledge-is-of-itself-of-some-value-there-is-nothing-so-minute/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b48/samuel-johnson-50_able_all-knowledge-is-of-itself-of-some-value_183017.png) > [He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-hopes-to-look-back-hereafter-with-satisfaction-upon-past/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/samuel-johnson-50_endeavour_he-that-hopes-to-look-back-hereafter-wit_243684.jpg) > [To paint things as they are requires a minute attention, and employs the memory rather than the fancy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/to-paint-things-as-they-are-requires-a-minute-attention-and-employs/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92f/samuel-johnson-50_artist_to-paint-things-as-they-are-requires-a-m_647987.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) > [A minute analysis of life at once destroys that splendor which dazzles the imagination. Whatsoever grandeur can display, or luxury enjoy, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/a-minute-analysis-of-life-at-once-destroys-that-splendor-which/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdd/samuel-johnson-50_analysis_a-minute-analysis-of-life-at-once-destro_777004.png) > [There is nothing so minute, or inconsiderable, that I would not rather know it than not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-is-nothing-so-minute-or-inconsiderable-that-i-would-not-rather-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65e/samuel-johnson-50_know_there-is-nothing-so-minute-or-inconsider_1050660.png) > [The business of the biographer is often to pass slightly over those performances and incidents which produce vulgar greatness, to lead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-business-of-the-biographer-is-often-to-pass-slightly-over-those/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0c/samuel-johnson-50_biographers_the-business-of-the-biographer-is-often_1920034.png) > [The charm of London is that you are never glad or sorry for ten minutes together; in the country you are one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-charm-of-london-is-that-you-are-never-glad-or-sorry-for-ten/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c1/samuel-johnson-50_charm_the-charm-of-london-is-that-you-are-neve_1937245.png) ## Other authors on Minutes ## 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/minutes/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "8 Minutes Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "All knowledge is of itself of some value. 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