All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Business
- That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem. Affords
- Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That… All
- And panting Time toil'd after him in vain. Him
- When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of twenty-one, little did I suspect that I should be at forty-nine, what I… Age
- So different are the colors of life, as we look forward to the future, or backward to the past; and so different the opinions and… Appearance
- A man may write at any time, if he will set himself doggedly to it. Any
- Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire. Distinguish
- You may translate books of science exactly. ... The beauties of poetry cannot be preserved in any language except that in which it was originally… Any
- Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Blazes
- Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused Advertisements
- Change is not made without inconvenience. Change
- Knock the 't' off the 'can't.' Confidence
- Courage is a quality so necessary for maintaining virtue, that it is always respected, even when it is associated with vice. Always Respected
- There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly-but then less is learned there; so what the boys get at one end they lose… Boys
- Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Cucumber
- Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very… Anything Else
- He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience. Accepting
- The future is purchased by the present. Funny
- Sir, you must not neglect doing a thing immediately good from fear of remote evil; -from fear of its being abused. Abused
- If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies. Endure
- We seldom learn the true want of what we have till it is discovered that we can have no more. Discovered
- Idleness is often covered by turbulence and hurry. He that neglects his known duty and real employment naturally endeavours to crowd his mind with something… Any
- To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise...Let… Any
- Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. Abstinence