« All Greater Quotes · Samuel Johnson's Page
Greater Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the completion of almost every wish is found a disappointment.
- Men have solicitude about fame; and the greater share they have of it, the more afraid they are of losing it.
- There is certainly no greater happiness than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed, to trace our own progress…
- The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very…
- The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every man…
- Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding, can expect only to improve a single science. In every other part of learning,…
- Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey of a wit to his home town: yet such pleasures…
- ...a common observation, that few are mended by imprisonment, and that he, whose crimes have made confinement necessary, seldom makes any other use of his…
- It is true that of far the greater part of things, we must content ourselves with such knowledge as description may exhibit, or analogy supply;…
- Diligence in employments of less consequence is the most successful introduction to greater enterprises.
- But the greater, far the greater number of those who rave and rail (against the government), and inquire and accuse, neither suspect nor fear, nor…
More Greater Quotes
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- To insult someone we call him 'bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, 'human' might be the greater insult. — Isaac Asimov
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard
- The weaker the data available upon which to base one's conclusion, the greater the precision which should be quoted in order to… — Norman Ralph Augustine
- A man's worth is no greater than his ambitions. — Marcus Aurelius
- It is here, my daughters, that love is to be found - not hidden away in corners but in the midst of… — Teresa of Avila
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- Chile has done a lot to rid itself of poverty, especially extreme poverty, since the return to democracy. But we still have… — Michelle Bachelet
- The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. — Francis Bacon
- The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah. — Abu Bakr
- To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. — Abu Bakr
- Nothing is a greater impediment to being on good terms with others than being ill at ease with yourself. — Honore de Balzac