All Samuel Johnson Quotes
- A man finds in the productions of nature an inexhaustible stock of material on which he can employ himself, without any temptations to envy or… Adoring
- Rain is good for vegetables, and for the animals who eat those vegetables, and for the animals who eat those animals. Animal
- To hear complaints with patience, even when complaints are vain, is one of the duties of friendship. Complaints
- For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill. Ill
- In all evils which admits a remedy, impatience should be avoided, because it wastes the time and attention in complaints which, if properly applied, might… Admits
- Milton, Madam, was a genius that could cut a Colossus from a rock; but could not carve heads upon cherry-stones. Carve
- The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. Delight
- Of all kinds of credulity, the most obstinate is that of party-spirit; of men, who, being numbered, they know not why, in any party, resign… All
- Round numbers are always false. Always False
- To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition. All
- In order that all men might be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. All
- Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it. Activity
- I have all my life long been lying in bed till noon; yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that… Age
- Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to… Assist
- He that teaches us anything which we knew not before is undoubtedly to be reverenced as a master. Inspirational
- Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to… Degree
- Almost all the moral good which is left among us is the apparent effect of physical evil. All
- The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year. Bright
- Greece appears to be the fountain of knowledge; Rome of elegance Appears
- The size of a man's understanding can be justly measured by his mirth. Justly
- Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion. Desire
- Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining… Accomplishing
- He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear,… Claims
- When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity,… Airy
- All theory is against free will; all experience is for it. All