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, Fondness, Our, Even

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

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

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

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

Integrity, Knowledge, Dangerous, Useless

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

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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

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

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

Agriculture, She, Nation, Her, Own, Only

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Refuge, Scoundrel

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

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

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

Nature, Sunshine, Enjoy, Quit, Shade, He

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

Man, Mind, He, Knows, Fortnight, Hanged

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

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson

Marriage, Men, Married, Married Men

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

Hope, Learn, Diligence, First, Ease

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

Actions are visible, though motives are secret. Samuel Johnson

Actions, Secret, Though, Visible

The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope. Samuel Johnson

Hope, Future, Moment, Losing, Mind

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. Samuel Johnson

Life, Progress, Life Is A, Want

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

Remembered, First, Been, How, Much, Any

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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