"There is no kind of idleness by which……" — Samuel Johnson

"There is no kind of idleness by which we are so easily seduced as that which dignifies itself by the appearance of business."

— Samuel Johnson

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1,266 Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson has 1,266 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Your aspirations are your possibilities.
It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either…
The violence of war admits no distinction; the lance, that is lifted at guilt and power, will sometimes fall on…
Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.
To a people warlike and indigent, an incursion into a rich country is never hurtful.
The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
Health is certainly more valuable than money, because it is by health that money is procured.
The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought…
Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people.
Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world.
The true genius is a mind of large general powers, accidentally determined to some particular direction.
He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect…

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It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from… — Aristotle
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. — Aristotle
I would not suggest the U.S. should sit down with the North Koreans bilaterally immediately after they've fired missiles -… — Richard Armitage
Every silver lining has a cloud. — Mary Kay Ash
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist… — Saint Augustine
Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect… — Jane Austen
High-level, big-deal publicity has a way of getting old for me, but what never fails to thrill me is when… — Joseph Barbera
I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught… — Douglas Bader
Women should try to increase their size rather than decrease it, because I believe the bigger we are, the more… — Roseanne Barr

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