Samuel Johnson ✓

(1709–1784) linguist Kingdom of Great Britain

1347 quotes in 8644 categories

[Wikidata] English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784)... | [Wikipedia] Samuel Johnson, often called Dr. Johnson, was an English writer and polymath who made lasting contributions as a poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, sermonist, biographer, editor, and lexicographer. The work for which he is best known is his 42,733-entry Dictionary of the English

All Samuel Johnson Quotes

• Your aspirations are your possibilities. Aspiration
• It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity;… Alike
• The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on innocence and gentleness. Admits
• Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young. Caught
• To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful. Country
• The applause of a single human being is of great consequence. Applause
• Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured. Caring
• The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man to… Active
• Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people. Among
• Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. Liberty
• The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction. Accidentally
• He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a… Any
• The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment. Almost Every
• The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things-the power to tell the good from the bad, the genuine from the counterfeit, and… All
• That all who are happy are equally happy is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. A… All
• Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see. Funny
• There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence. Aim
• Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding. Argument
• Whatever you have spend less. Funny
• What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn't deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect. Always Best
• Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages. Advantage
• More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied… Begun
• The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking Any
• Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself Every Man
• The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. Friends

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