Men Quote by Samuel Johnson

Two negatives don't make a positive, any more than two half-wits make a wit.

— Neil Kinnock

There is one way whereby we may secure our riches, and make sure friends to ourselves of them,--by laying them out in charity.

— John Tillotson

Riches make cowards of us.

— Margaret Ayer Barnes

Riches do not make one rich but busy.

— Fernando de Rojas

I care for riches, to make gifts.

— Euripides

The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed…

— Joseph Franklin Rutherford

The hostility perpetually exercised between one man and another, is caused by the desire of many for that which only few can possess. Every…

— Samuel Johnson

One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.

— Samuel Johnson

Men who could willingly resign the luxuries and sensual pleasures of a large fortune cannot consent to live without the grandeur and the homage.

— Samuel Johnson

Riches are of no value in themselves; their use is discovered only in that which they procure.

— Samuel Johnson

Wine gives a man nothing. It neither gives him knowledge nor wit; it only animates a man, and enables him to bring out what…

— Samuel Johnson

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success depends upon the aptitude of others to receive impressions;…

— Samuel Johnson