All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- Poetry cannot be translated; and, therefore, it is the poets that preserve the languages; for we would not be at the trouble to learn a… All
- Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy! Come Let
- "Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour. Aromatics
- The happiness of London is not to be conceived but by those who have been in it. Been
- The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps… Blaze
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing… Bear
- For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed… Accidents
- But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in proportion to the… Confessed
- The safe and general antidote against sorrow is employment. It is commonly observed, that among soldiers and seamen, though there is much kindness, there is… Among
- From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end. End
- The authour who imitates his predecessors only by furnishing himself with thoughts and elegances out of the same general magazine of literature, can with little… Angelo
- No writer can be fully convicted of imitation except there is a concurrence of more resemblance than can be imagined to have happened by chance;… Any
- As not every instance of similitude can be considered as a proof of imitation, so not every imitation ought to be stigmatised as plagiarism. The… Adoption
- The complaint, therefore, that all topicks are preoccupied, is nothing more than the murmur of ignorance or idleness, by which some discourage others, and some… All
- To exact of every man who writes that he should say something new, would be to reduce authors to a small number; to oblige the… Authors
- To do nothing is in everyone's power. Inspirational
- Nothing can be truly great which is not right. Fairness
- On Sir Joshua Reynolds's observing that the real character of a man was found out by his amusements. Yes, Sir, no man is a hypocrite… Amusement
- All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails… Acrimony
- Misery is caused for the most part, not by a heavy crush of disaster, but by the corrosion of less visible evils, which canker enjoyment,… Allow
- From all our observations we may collect with certainty, that misery is the lot of man, but cannot discover in what particular condition it will… All
- Much mischief is done in the world with very little interest or design. Design
- The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated. Any
- Men are most powerfully affected by those evils which themselves feel, or which appear before their own eyes. Affected
- Frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships. Discontent