Poetry Quote by Samuel Johnson

The inquirer after holiness should associate with those whose intelligence will instruct him; whose example will guide him; whose conversation will inspire him; whose…

— John Angell James

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation.

— Janet Malcolm

“Even at that time the hope of leaving behind messages in bottles on the flood of barbarism bursting on Europe was an amiable illusion:…

— Theodor W. Adorno

“Try not to seek after the true Only cease to cherish opinions. (172)”

— Edward Conze

Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction of the…

— Barbara Jordan

“When the work is done, and one's name is becoming distinguished, to withdraw into obscurity is the way of Heaven.”

— Lao Tzu

“we must be persuaded not only that as he once formed the world, so he sustains it by his boundless power, governs it by…

— John Calvin

“A writer hopes never to offend, but if he must, pray let him offend the gods before the reviewers.”

— Chila Woychik

“Therefore I permit every man to hold either of these opinions, as he chooses. My one concern at present is to remove all scruples…

— Martin Luther

“In other matters no sensible person will behave so irresponsibly or rest content with such feeble grounds for his opinions and for the line…

— Sigmund Freud

“The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust, from whence he…

— Walter Scott

“God's word will stand, and we shall get nothing by disputing it, or delaying to submit to it.”

— Matthew Henry