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Who Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble.
- No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a…
- The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
- He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in…
- Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.
- 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…
- I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
- He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
- There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
- A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
- He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
- He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
- Nobody can write the life of a man but those who have eat and drunk and lived in social intercourse with him.
- I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
- If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?
- The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
- Every man who attacks my belief, diminishes in some degree my confidence in it, and therefore makes me uneasy; and I am angry with him…
- You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired…
More Who Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can… — Hannah Arendt
- Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle