Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “He who praises everybody, praises nobody.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare
Everyone praises his heart, none dare praise their understanding. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We do not like to praise, and seldom praise anyone without self-interest. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Trust him little who praise all, him less who censures all and him least who is indifferent about all. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
That man is great, and he alone, Who serves a greatness not his own, For neither praise nor self: Content to know and be… — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton Copy Share Image
We seldom praise anyone in good earnest, except such as admire us. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
An excellent man; he has no enemies; and none of his friends like him. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
