All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- 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
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. Dies
- There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Age
- Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Alcohol
- Golf is a game in which you claim the privileges of age, and retain the playthings of childhood. Age
- No one ever became great by imitation. Became
- He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great. Dull
- Whatever is formed for long duration arrives slowly to its maturity. Arrives
- Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises, and… Advertisements
- No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of… Airy
- No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. Hypocrite
- The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion. Fashion
- The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little. Associates
- Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen. Among
- Age is rarely despised but when it is, contemptible. Age
- The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected; and if those are not… Added