Books Quote by Samuel Johnson Download Open image “The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.” — Samuel Johnson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Glory People
Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
...every literature, in its main lines, reflects the chief characteristics of the people for whom, and about whom, it is written. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
“Glory belongs to the act of being constant to something greater than yourself, to a cause, to your principles, to the people on whom… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“The glory and grandeur of a nation lie only in the development of its humanity. Its strength and inner vitality are measured by the… — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Every person, every race, every nation, has its own particular keynote which it brings to the general chord of life and of humanity. — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
“The essence of life, true glory, lies in the pro-creation and re-enactment of heroic deeds and virtuous meaning in relation to universal Truth.” — VD Copy Share Image
“True humanity is always connected to glory, and true glory can only be found in the One who is glory, the Lord.” — Paul David Tripp 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
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
