--- title: "13 Objects Quotes By Samuel Johnson" description: "13 Objects quotes by Samuel Johnson. Plus more from Samuel Johnson and more Objects sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/samuel-johnson-50_consequence_the-main-of-life-is-composed-of-small-in_3161457.png" --- > [The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; of wishes for objects not remote, and grief for disappointments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-main-of-life-is-composed-of-small-incidents-and-petty-occurrences/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7a/samuel-johnson-50_consequence_the-main-of-life-is-composed-of-small-in_3161457.png) > [It is the condition of our present state to see more than we can attain; the exactest vigilance and caution can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-the-condition-of-our-present-state-to-see-more-than-we-can/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/samuel-johnson-50_admonition_it-is-the-condition-of-our-present-state_1026079.jpg) > [He that would travel for the entertainment of others should remember that the great object of remark is human life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-would-travel-for-the-entertainment-of-others-should-remember-2/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/samuel-johnson-50_entertainment_he-that-would-travel-for-the-entertainme_1030141.png) > [He to whom many objects of pursuit arise at the same time, will frequently hesitate between different desires till a rival has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-to-whom-many-objects-of-pursuit-arise-at-the-same-time-will/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5c/samuel-johnson-50_advancing_he-to-whom-many-objects-of-pursuit-arise_797199.png) > [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) > [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) > [The common people do not accurately adapt their thoughts to objects; nor, secondly, do they accurately adapt their words to their thoughts;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-common-people-do-not-accurately-adapt-their-thoughts-to-objects/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee1/samuel-johnson-50_accounts_the-common-people-do-not-accurately-adap_1629756.png) > [Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/sir-sorrow-is-inherent-in-humanity-as-you-cannot-judge-two-and-two-to/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8f/samuel-johnson-50_bears_sir-sorrow-is-inherent-in-humanity-as-yo_939460.png) > [Those who have past much of their lives in this great city, look upon its opulence and its multitudes, its extent and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/those-who-have-past-much-of-their-lives-in-this-great-city-look-upon/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/156/samuel-johnson-50_alarms_those-who-have-past-much-of-their-lives_173457.jpg) > [He that would travel for the entertainment of others, should remember that the great object of remark is human life. Every nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/he-that-would-travel-for-the-entertainment-of-others-should-remember/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f2/samuel-johnson-50_agriculture_he-that-would-travel-for-the-entertainme_69022.jpg) > [Among the innumerable mortifications which waylay human arrogance on every side may well be reckoned our ignorance of the most common objects…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/among-the-innumerable-mortifications-which-waylay-human-arrogance-on/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/samuel-johnson-50_arrogance_among-the-innumerable-mortifications-whi_849946.jpg) > [It was the peculiar artifice of Habit not to suffer her power to be felt at first. Those whom she led, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-was-the-peculiar-artifice-of-habit-not-to-suffer-her-power-to-be/) [Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ff/samuel-johnson-50_addresses_it-was-the-peculiar-artifice-of-habit-no_1400836.png) > [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) ## Other authors on Objects ## 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/objects/samuel-johnson/#itemlist", "name": "13 Objects Quotes By Samuel Johnson", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The main of life is composed of small incidents and petty occurrences; 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Every nation has something peculiar in its manufactures, its works of genius, its medicines, its agriculture, its customs, and its policy. 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