Samuel Johnson quotes - page 19

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualifications which he does not possess. (Samuel Johnson)
Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. View quote
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade. View quote
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By seeing London, I have seen as much of life as the world can show. View quote
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For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill. View quote
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I'll come no more behind your scenes, David [Garrick]; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensities. View quote
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Johnson said that he could repeat a complete chapter of "The Natural History of Iceland" from the Danish of Horrebow, the whole of which was exactly thus: "There are no snakes to be met with throughout the whole island." 62. View quote
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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others. View quote
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Your aspirations are your possibilities. View quote
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The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. View quote
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We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass. (Samuel Johnson)
It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached. View quote
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In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires a driveller and a show. View quote
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Men hate more steadily than they love. View quote
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When two Eglishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather. View quote
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Don't, Sir, accustom yourself to use big words for little matters. View quote
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It is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility. View quote
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There are charms made only for distance admiration. View quote
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Knowledge of the subject is to the poet what durable materials are to the architect. View quote
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All travel has its advantages. If the traveler visits Better countries, he may learn to improve his own and if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy his own. View quote
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Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drive into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark. (Samuel Johnson)
The man who is asked by an author what he thinks of his work, is put to the torture, and is not obliged to speak the truth. View quote
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult. View quote
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Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise From Marlbroughs eyes the streams of dotage flow, And Swift expires, a driv'ler and a show. View quote
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Men have been wise in many different modes; but they have always laughed the same way. View quote
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