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Samuel Johnson Quotes
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Author
September 18
, 1709 -
December 13
, 1784
Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
Samuel Johnson
Strength
,
Patience
,
Perseverance
,
Great
To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.
Samuel Johnson
Love
,
Great
,
Self
,
To Love
,
Almost
Words are but the signs of ideas.
Samuel Johnson
Communication
,
Words
,
Ideas
,
Signs
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Samuel Johnson
Kindness
,
Power
,
Our
,
Even
,
Fondness
Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
Samuel Johnson
Passion
,
Justice
,
Revenge
,
Injuries
,
Act
The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.
Samuel Johnson
World
,
Staircase
,
Down
,
Some
,
Like
,
Up
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.
Samuel Johnson
Positive
,
Friend
,
Mind
,
Your
,
Clear
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Samuel Johnson
Good
,
Man
,
True
,
Someone
,
Measure
,
Him
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson
Patriotism
,
Last
,
Refuge
,
Scoundrel
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
,
Perseverance
,
Determination
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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
Life
,
Nature
,
Happiness
,
Knowledge
,
Own
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
Samuel Johnson
Love
,
Expectation
,
Want
,
Expect
,
Again
By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show.
Samuel Johnson
Life
,
World
,
London
,
Seeing
,
Show
,
Seen
Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.
Samuel Johnson
Great
,
Self-Confidence
,
First
,
Requisite
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
Samuel Johnson
Nation
,
Agriculture
,
She
,
Own
,
Only
,
Her
He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
Samuel Johnson
Nature
,
Sunshine
,
Enjoy
,
Quit
,
Will
,
He
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Samuel Johnson
Knowledge
,
Integrity
,
Dangerous
,
Useless
Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
Samuel Johnson
Value
,
Gold
,
Diamonds
,
Praise
,
Only
Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
Samuel Johnson
Chance
,
Ship
,
Jail
,
Being
,
Drowned
It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world.
Samuel Johnson
Truth
,
World
,
More
,
Lying
,
Than
,
About
Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
Samuel Johnson
Life
,
Man
,
He
,
Part
,
Qualities
,
His
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.
Samuel Johnson
Time
,
Man
,
Library
,
Book
,
Reading
,
Turn
So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other.
Samuel Johnson
Men
,
Together
,
People
,
True
,
Half
,
Over
No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.
Samuel Johnson
Man
,
Spring
,
Flowers
,
Taste
,
Scent
,
He
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
Samuel Johnson
Marriage
,
Men
,
Married
,
Wives
,
Bachelors
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Samuel Johnson
Broken
,
Strong
,
Habit
,
Weak
,
Chains
,
Too
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