All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- The mind is refrigerated by interruption; the thoughts are diverted from the principle subject; the reader is weary, he suspects not why; and at last… Book
- Virtue is too often merely local. Funny
- That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good. Called
- As a man advances in life he gets what is better than admiration -judgement to estimate things at their own value. Admiration
- Attack is the reaction. I never think I have hit hard unless it rebounds. Aggression
- A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician. Animal
- Lawful and settled authority is very seldom resisted when it is well employed. Authority
- Every man's affairs, however little, are important to himself. Affair
- Apologies are seldom of any use. Any
- A book should teach us to enjoy life, or to endure it. Book
- It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure. Business
- He that has too much to do will do something wrong. Busy
- I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. Able
- It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. Chastity
- There is no being so poor and so contemptible, who does not think there is somebody still poorer, and still more contemptible. Contempt
- I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself. Company
- Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning. Almost Always
- A man had rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be told. Doe
- Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel. Always Cruel
- Curiosity is the thirst of the soul. Curiosity
- Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself might convey his notions to… Admired
- To do something is in every man's power. Deeds
- Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat. Combat
- A man with a good coat upon his back meets with a better reception than he who has a bad one. Bad
- We ought not to raise expectations which it is not in our power to satisfy.-It is more pleasing to see smoke brightening into flame, than… Brightening