502 Quotations by Samuel Johnson
- 41. An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
- 42. An Italian philosopher said that "time was his estate"; an estate which will produce nothing without ...
- 43. An old friend never can be found, and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.
- 44. And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and ...
- 45. Anybody who thinks of going to bed before 12 o'clock is a scoundrel.
- 46. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no ...
- 47. As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easi ...
- 48. As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.
- 49. As the Spanish proverb says, ''He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the weal ...
- 50. As to the rout that is made about people who are ruined by extravagance, it is no matter to the nati ...
- 51. Assertion is not argument; to contradict the statement of an opponent is not proof that you are corr ...
- 52. At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.
- 53. Attention and respect give pleasure, however late, or however useless. But they are not useless, whe ...
- 54. Avarice is generally the last passion of those lives of which the first part has been squandered in ...
- 55. Being in a ship is like being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
- 56. Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
- 57. Bounty always receives part of its value from the manner in which it is bestowed.
- 58. Bravery has no place where it can avail nothing.
- 59. By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first: showing that she made him so ha ...
- 60. Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour;
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