All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? Allow
- Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms. Any
- I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. Always Considered
- Love is only one of many passions. Inspirational
- A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself. Been
- A man will turn over half a library to make one book. Book
- Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. Art
- A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. Criticism
- Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. Art
- Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. According
- Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply… Apply
- Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Appreciation
- Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure. All
- The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. Advice
- The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. Awake
- It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. Act
- Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know… All
- The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. Beef
- You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. Company
- I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read. Conversation
- He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. Charity
- I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. All
- Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. Deliberation
- Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. Design
- No man was ever great by imitation. Ever Great