All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- 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
- I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Bad
- It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy and yet unenvied, to be healthy with physic, secure without a guard, and to obtain… Art
- Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities. Custom
- This mournful truth is everywhere confessed, slow rises worth by poverty depressed. Confessed
- Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they… Conceal
- Always, Sir, set a high value on spontaneous kindness. he whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord, will love you… Accord
- He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Afford
- A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. Civilization
- Every old man complains of the growing depravity of the world, of the petulance and insolence of the rising generation. Age
- Age looks with anger on the temerity of youth, and youth with contempt on the scrupulosity of age. Age