Samuel Johnson Quotes

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Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.
- Samuel Johnson

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

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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.
- Samuel Johnson

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Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
- Samuel Johnson

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The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts.
- Samuel Johnson

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
- Samuel Johnson

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Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
- Samuel Johnson

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There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity.
- Samuel Johnson

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When two Englishmen meet, their first talk is of the weather.
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Wickedness is always easier than virtue, for it takes a short cut to everything.
- Samuel Johnson

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks is truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.
- Samuel Johnson

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It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
- Samuel Johnson

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Worth seeing, yes; but not worth going to see.
- Samuel Johnson

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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
- Samuel Johnson

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Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
- Samuel Johnson

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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything.
- Samuel Johnson

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

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Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
- Samuel Johnson

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I live in the crowds of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself.
- Samuel Johnson

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If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.
- Samuel Johnson

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Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
- Samuel Johnson

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Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
- Samuel Johnson

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You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not silence is the sharper sword.
- Samuel Johnson

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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
- Samuel Johnson

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He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
- Samuel Johnson

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