"Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter……" — Samuel Johnson
"Spring is the season of gaiety, and winter of terror; in spring the heart of tranquility dances to the melody of the groves, and the eye of benevolence sparkles at the sight of happiness and plenty: in winter, compassion melts at universal calamity, and the tear of softness starts at the wailing of hunger and the cries of the creation in distress"
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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site.
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Your aspirations are your possibilities.
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The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
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Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
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To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
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The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
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Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
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Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
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The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…
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Love can be unselfish, in the sense of being benevolent and generous, without being selfless.
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
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Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar…
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We want, in fact, not so much a father in heaven as a grandfather in heaven: a senile benevolence who,…
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It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
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They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness.
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When one treats people with benevolence, justice and righteousness, and reposes confidence in them, the army will be united in…
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Rich people should consider that they are only trustees for what they possess, and should show their wealth to be…
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Order and reason, beauty and benevolence, are characteristics and conceptions which we find solely associated with the mind of man.
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Every account of a higher power that I've seen described, of all religions that I've seen, include many statements with…
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