Samuel Johnson

It is very...

It is very...

It is very strange, and very melancholy, that the paucity of human pleasures should persuade us ever to call hunting...

More about this quote...

Men know that...

Men know that...

Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did...

More about this quote...

No government power...

No government power...

No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. . . . There is a remedy in human nature against...

More about this quote...

Men hate more...

Men hate more...

Men hate more steadily than they love.

Source: Quoted in: Boswell's Life of Samuel...

More about this quote...

Just praise is...

Just praise is...

Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.

Source: Rambler, no. 155...

More about this quote...

It was his...

It was his...

It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must...

More about this quote...

Money and time...

Money and time...

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and. . . the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of...

More about this quote...

No man was...

No man was...

No man was ever great by imitation.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

More about this quote...

No man is...

No man is...

No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to...

More about this quote...

Madam, before you...

Madam, before you...

Madam, before you flatter a man so grossly to his face, you should consider whether or not your flattery is worth his...

More about this quote...

Lawyers know life...

Lawyers know life...

Lawyers know life practically. A bookish man should always have them to converse with.

More about this quote...

My dear friend,...

My dear friend,...

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant . . . You may talk in this manner; it is a mode of talking in Society: but...

More about this quote...

Nothing will ever...

Nothing will ever...

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome.

More about this quote...

No money is...

No money is...

No money is better spent than what is laid out for domestic satisfaction.

Source:...

More about this quote...

No man but...

No man but...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

Source: Quoted in: James...

More about this quote...

Love has no...

Love has no...

Love has no great influences upon the sum of life.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

More about this quote...

No degree of...

No degree of...

No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of hourly...

More about this quote...

Our brightest blazes...

Our brightest blazes...

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

Source:...

More about this quote...

Painting consumes labour...

Painting consumes labour...

Painting consumes labour not disproportionate to its effect; but a fellow will hack half a year at a block of marble...

More about this quote...

Nothing is more...

Nothing is more...

Nothing is more common than mutual dislike, where mutual approbation is particularly...

More about this quote...

Page 13 of 22


(C)2024 Quotable Success - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Success
Harrisonburg, VA