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

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

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 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, Measure, He

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

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

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. - Samuel Johnson

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity. Samuel Johnson

Value, Diamonds, Gold, Praise, Like

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

Hope, Learn, Diligence, First, Ease

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge, Scoundrel

Top 10
Samuel Johnson
Quotes

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

Autumn, Man, Flowers, Spring, Taste, He

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

She, Agriculture, Nation, Her, Only, Own

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

Love, Want, Expectation, Expect, Again

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

Man, Time, Wise, Pain, Value, Wise Man

Actions are visible, though motives are secret. Samuel Johnson

Secret, Actions, Visible, Though

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. Samuel Johnson

Man, Mind, Knows, Fortnight, He, Hanged

When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. Samuel Johnson

First, Remembered, Been, Much, How, Any

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments. Samuel Johnson

Man, Rich, Poor, Desires, Every Man, His

The future is purchased by the present. Samuel Johnson

Future, Present, Purchased

Exercise is labor without weariness. Samuel Johnson

Fitness, Exercise, Without, Labor

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

Man, Truth, Down, Test, Right, Him

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson

Marriage, Men, Married, Married Men

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

Knowledge, Integrity, Dangerous, Useless

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade. Samuel Johnson

Nature, Sunshine, Enjoy, Quit, Shade, He

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. Samuel Johnson

Curiosity, Intellect, Permanent, Most

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, Man, Tired, London, Afford, He

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