All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of… Amusement
- The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day… Any
- Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. Celibacy
- If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle. Idle
- As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms… Call
- Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed. Frequently
- Oats. A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland supports the people. England
- A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at… Aiming
- Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument. Argument
- There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care… Care
- He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are… Asks
- Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author. Author
- The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. Better
- I have already enjoyed too much; give me something to desire. Already Enjoyed
- Happiness," said he, "must be something solid and permanent, without fear and without uncertainty. Fear
- There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Confidence
- men do not suspect faults which they do not commit Commit
- Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea? Count
- Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. Army
- You can never be wise unless you love reading. Love
- No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves. Companion
- Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. Distance
- Wickedness is always easier than virtue; for it takes the short cut to everything. Always Easier
- Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so,… Afraid
- I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. All