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, Grand

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, Even, Our, Fondness

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

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, Someone, He

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. Samuel Johnson

Passion, Justice, Revenge, Injuries, Act

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

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, Gold, Diamonds, Praise, Scarcity

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

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

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Samuel Johnson

Patriotism, Last, Scoundrel, Refuge

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Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. - Samuel Johnson

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson

Marriage, Men, Married Men, Married

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

Agriculture, She, Nation, Own, Call, Her

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

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

Hope, Learn, Diligence, First, Ease

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

Curiosity, Permanent, Intellect, Most

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 chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. Samuel Johnson

Habit, Broken, Strong, Chains, Weak, Too

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

Integrity, Knowledge, Dangerous, Useless

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

Man, Spring, Flowers, Scent, Taste, He

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

Nature, Sunshine, Enjoy, Quit, Will, He

Language is the dress of thought. Samuel Johnson

Dress, Thought, Language

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, Seen, Show

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates. Samuel Johnson

Grief, Fresh, Where, Only, Attempt, Any

There is nothing, Sir, too little for so little a creature as man. It is by studying little things that we attain the great art of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible. Samuel Johnson

Happiness, Great, Art, Man, Possible

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

Man, Mind, Fortnight, Knows, He, His

Words are but the signs of ideas. - Samuel Johnson

Words are but the signs of ideas. Samuel Johnson

Communication, Words, Ideas, Signs

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