Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson
English Author
Born: Sep 18, 1709
Died: Dec 13, 1784
Great He Life Man Nothing Will
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The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson
Art Memory True Attention True Art
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. Samuel Johnson
Good Man Measure Of A Man Someone Absolutely He True Him True Measure How Measure Who Treats
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson
Patriotism Scoundrel Refuge Last
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. Samuel Johnson
Mind Clear Dear Dear Friend Friend Cant Your
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. Samuel Johnson
Justice Revenge Passion Crimes Vengeance Act Injuries
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson
Men Bachelors Married Married Men Wives
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson
Knowledge Integrity Dangerous Weak Dreadful Without Useless
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. Samuel Johnson
Travel Reality Thinking Imagination See Instead How May Them Use Regulate Travelling Things
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Samuel Johnson
World Down Some Like Up Going Grand Staircase
A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. Samuel Johnson
Time Wise Man Wise Man Will Value Pain Unnecessary Haste He True Make Knows Because Pass True Value Forgive Suffer Away
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson
Great First Self-Confidence Requisite
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel Johnson
Value Owes Scarcity Only Like Praise Diamonds Gold
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned... a man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company. Samuel Johnson
Food Man Better Will Enough More Drowned Himself Sailor Ship Get Jail Being Commonly Room Who Company Chance
If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance. Samuel Johnson
Strength Great You Perseverance Determination Impossible Few Despair Diligence Counsel Performed Fixed Few Things Skill Your Works Things
When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. Samuel Johnson
Life Tired Man London He Afford
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. Samuel Johnson
Agriculture Nation Own Only Gives She Call Riches Her
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. Samuel Johnson
Happiness Life Nature Knowledge Will Own Human Nature Disposition Changing Seek He His Efforts Human Anything Fruitless Little Who Waste
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. Samuel Johnson
Truth World Carelessness Lying About More Falsehood Than Intentionally Much
To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. Samuel Johnson
Home Be Happy Happy Result Ambition Every Enterprise Tends Prosecution Ultimate End Labor Which Desire
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson
Broken Strong Too Weak Habit Until Felt Chains
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. Samuel Johnson
Hope Future Natural Losing Mind Before Satisfied Pleasure Immediately Objects Schemes Never Felicity Always Itself Human Breaking Human Mind Flights Moment Away Present Present Moment
Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson
Imitation Those We Cannot Arises Almost Almost All Absurdity Conduct Cannot Who Resemble
No man was ever great by imitation. Samuel Johnson
Great Man Imitation Ever
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword. Samuel Johnson
Me Silence You Word Hesitate Sharper Know Sword
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson
Hope First Diligence Ease Must Learn Ever
One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. Samuel Johnson
Funny Thoughts Man Mistake Words Wine Disadvantages Makes
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