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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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. Samuel Johnson
Life Man Every Possess Attempting He Part Almost Qualities Does His Which Display Wastes Every Man
Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. Samuel Johnson
Happiness Great You Enemy Liberty Poverty Whatever Difficult Resolve Others Virtues Spend Extremely Great Enemy Destroys Some Makes Human Poor Human Happiness Certainly Less
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. Samuel Johnson
Smile Me Wise Rich Feed
There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. Samuel Johnson
Gratitude Obligation Revenge Inferiority Benefits Pain Minds Pleasure Recompense Impatient Return Because Species
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Samuel Johnson
Man Mind He Knows His Wonderfully Hanged Fortnight
To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity. Samuel Johnson
Difficulties Strive Highest Felicity Human Them Conquer
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome. Samuel Johnson
Overcome Will First Nothing Possible Must Objections Attempted Ever
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money. Samuel Johnson
Man Money Except Wrote Blockhead Ever
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it. Samuel Johnson
Truth Speak Men Likewise Learn Hear May Taught Order Should Necessary
Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. Samuel Johnson
Truth Man Down Every Other Martyrdom He Knock Him Test Utter Right Every Man Thinks
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates. Samuel Johnson
Grief Only Divert Attempt Fresh Any Where Irritates
I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him. Samuel Johnson
Great Nature Man Human Nature Virtues Considered Great Republic Make Him Always Any Deceiving Human Republic Against Means Treason
Without frugality none can be rich, and with it very few would be poor. Samuel Johnson
Few Rich Would Would-Be Without None Very Frugality Poor
When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live. Samuel Johnson
Life Live Neglect Making Choice Your
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. Samuel Johnson
Truth Power Evidence Sufficient Sufficient Evidence
What is easy is seldom excellent. Samuel Johnson
Experience Easy Excellent Seldom
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. Samuel Johnson
Birthday Me Thoughts Humanity Remember Care Seems General Return Escape Which Fills
Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking. Samuel Johnson
Drinking Every Melancholy Indeed Diverted Should Means
A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still. Samuel Johnson
Fly Other Stately Insect Wince Horse Make Him Still Sting Sir May
Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. Samuel Johnson
Drowned Ship Jail Being Chance
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. Samuel Johnson
First Has-Been Remembered Calamity First Thing How How Much Been Escaped Any The First Thing Much Suffered Thing
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. Samuel Johnson
Dreams Man World Seems Sees Seldom Realities Who Appear
So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something. Samuel Johnson
Overcome Made Nothing Everything Objections Something Doing May Them Many Necessity
It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel Johnson
Better Rich Live Than Die
Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find? Samuel Johnson
Be Happy Happy Better Will Own Way Find Allow Better Way Children
When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land. Samuel Johnson
Men Live Come Like Fit Land
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