All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- They make a rout about universal liberty, without considering that all that is to be valued, or indeed can be enjoyed by individuals, is private… All
- Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.… Author
- I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful; for not only… Adventitious
- We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and… All
- It is natural for every man uninstructed to murmur at his condition, because, in the general infelicity of life, he feels his own miseries without… All
- The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… Affluence
- The great end of prudence is to give cheerfulness to those hours which splendour cannot gild, and acclamation cannot exhilarate; those soft intervals of unbended… Acclamation
- The necessities of our condition require a thousand offices of tenderness, which mere regard for the species will never dictate. Condition
- Every man has frequent grievances which only the solicitude of friendship will discover and remedy, and which would remain for ever unheeded in the mighty… Attentive
- Faults and defects every work of man must have. Defects
- All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied. All
- There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary… Agree
- Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its… Assembles
- No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly assistance, or to extinguish the desire of fond… Able
- Those whose abilities or knowledge incline them most to deviate from the general round of life are recalled from eccentricity by the laws of their… Abilities
- Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud. Brightest
- We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch advantages without paying… Acquisition
- The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man… Caused
- The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… Ability
- Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted,… Accidents