Samuel Johnson Quotes

English - Author September 18, 1709 - December 13, 1784

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. - Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance. Samuel Johnson

Strength, Perseverance, Patience, Great

Words are but the signs of ideas. - Samuel Johnson

Words are but the signs of ideas. Samuel Johnson

Communication, Words, Ideas, Signs

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. - Samuel Johnson

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self. Samuel Johnson

Love, Great, Self, To Love, Almost

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. - Samuel Johnson

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

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down. Samuel Johnson

World, Staircase, Down, Up, Going, Like

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Samuel Johnson

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, True, Him

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. - Samuel Johnson

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. Samuel Johnson

Positive, Friend, Mind, Clear, Your

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. - Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings. Samuel Johnson

Great, Self-Confidence, First, Requisite

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. - Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge, Scoundrel

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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, Great, Skill

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. - Samuel Johnson

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. Samuel Johnson

Spring, Man, Flowers, Taste, Scent, He

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own. Samuel Johnson

Agriculture, She, Own, Nation, Only, Her

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. - Samuel Johnson

By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. Samuel Johnson

Life, World, Seeing, London, Show, Seen

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. Samuel Johnson

Integrity, Knowledge, Dangerous, Useless

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson

Hope, Learn, Diligence, First, Ease

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. Samuel Johnson

Love, Want, Expectation, Disappointed

The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery. Samuel Johnson

Welcome, Advice, Wanted, Which, Commonly

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, Will

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty. Samuel Johnson

Good, Compassion, Strong, Duty, Only

No man was ever great by imitation. Samuel Johnson

Great, Man, Imitation, Ever

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those who we cannot resemble. Samuel Johnson

Imitation, Absurdity, Almost, Cannot

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions. Samuel Johnson

Life, Society, Cannot, Reciprocal

The true art of memory is the art of attention. - Samuel Johnson

The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson

Art, Memory, Attention, True, True Art

There are charms made only for distant admiration. Samuel Johnson

Only, Admiration, Made, Charms, Distant

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be expected to go quite true. Samuel Johnson

Best, Better, Watches, True, Go, Worst

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