All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. Daughter
- Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. Absence
- It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can the… Accidental
- Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words. Busies
- Christianity is the highest perfection of humanity. Christianity
- Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must… Appetite
- The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades; the highest pleasure… Bodies
- No man likes to live under the eye of perpetual disapprobation. Disapprobation
- As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nation that some individuals suffer.… Care
- Except during the nine months before he draws his first breath, no man manages his affairs as well as a tree. We are inclined to… Affair
- Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle. Called
- I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty… Apathy
- The most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together; nature and art are ransacked for illustrations, comparisons, and allusions; their learning instructs, and their subtlety… Admire
- If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of this by saying many things to please him. Better
- Life must be filled up, and the man who is not capable of intellectual pleasures must content himself with such as his senses can afford. Afford
- A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels,… Banquet
- The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have… Afford
- Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and… Advantage
- A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and… Business
- Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, when they are late, it is reasonable to rejoice, as… Approbation
- Treating your adversary with respect is giving him an advantage to which he is not entitled. Advantage
- Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled. Dogmatic
- One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich. Always Observed
- There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, toil, envy, want, and patron. Assail
- The highest panegyric, therefore, that private virtue can receive, is the praise of servants. Highest