All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in… Attitude
- To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every… All
- It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. Carelessness
- Actions are visible, though motives are secret. Action
- When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live. Attitude
- The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes… Always Breaking
- A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. Aim
- Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. Almost Every
- By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. Inspirational
- Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. Given
- The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect of pleasing impression. Conversation
- Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Confidence
- Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Chance
- Language is the dress of thought. Dress
- The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity. Complaining
- Exercise is labor without weariness. Exercise
- To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. Expect
- Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others. Drinking
- It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached. Advance
- Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. Find
- Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost. Alcohol
- Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel. Bed
- Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes… Certainly Destroys
- Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Cheesy Love
- Words are but the signs of ideas. Communication