All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- It is necessary to the success of flattery, that it be accommodated to particular circumstances or characters, and enter the heart on that side where… Accommodated
- Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in the second place, whether he… Certainly Thinks
- Happiness is enjoyed only in proportion as it is known; and such is the state or folly of man, that it is known only by… Contrary
- The fiction of happiness is propagated by every tongue and confirmed by every look till at last all profess the joy which they do not… All
- A man may be very sincere in good principles, without having good practice. Good
- If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written. Character
- It is not uncommon to charge the difference between promise and performance, between profession and reality, upon deep design and studied deceit; but the truth… Charge
- Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy, affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly; the one completes a villain, the other only finishes a… Affectation
- Books without the knowledge of life are useless. Book
- The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. Acting
- He was so generally civil, that nobody thanked him for it. Civil
- It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination. From
- I would advise no man to marry who is not likely to propagate understanding. Advise
- There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress… Able
- The true art of memory is the art of attention. Art
- In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. Inscriptions
- No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments. All
- Of all the grief's that harass the distressed; sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. All
- If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system. Abuse
- When female minds are embittered by age or solitude, their malignity is generally exerted in a rigorous and spiteful superintendence of domestic trifles. Age