502 Quotations by Samuel Johnson
- 301. Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.
- 302. Piety practiced in solitude, like the flower that blooms in the desert, may give its fragrance to th ...
- 303. Players, Sir! I look on them as no better than creatures set upon tables and joint stools to make fa ...
- 304. Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexp ...
- 305. Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost, must always end in pain.
- 306. Politics are now nothing more than means of rising in the world. With this sole view do men engage i ...
- 307. Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to ...
- 308. Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.
- 309. Praise, like gold diamonds, owes its value to scarcity.
- 310. Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument.
- 311. Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.
- 312. Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive r ...
- 313. Preserve me from unseasonable and immoderate sleep.
- 314. Pride is seldom delicate; it will please itself with very mean advantages.
- 315. Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
- 316. Prudence is an attitude that keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
- 317. Prudence keeps life safe, but it does not often make it happy.
- 318. Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather th ...
- 319. Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen.
- 320. Read over your compositions, and wherever you meet with a passage which you think is particularly fi ...
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