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Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson quotes

English Author, Critic September 18, 1709 – December 13, 1784

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Samuel Johnson quote: "The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of..."
The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it..."
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions. Samuel Johnson
The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef; love, like being enlivened with champagne. Samuel Johnson
It is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of. Samuel Johnson
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair. Samuel Johnson
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
Samuel Johnson quote: "You can never be wise unless you love reading."
You can never be wise unless you love reading. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise."
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed..."
We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Love is only one of many passions."
Love is only one of many passions. Samuel Johnson
Such, said Nekayah, is the state of life, none are happy but by the anticipation of change. The change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish it to change again. The world is not yet exhausted. Let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before. Samuel Johnson
Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. Samuel Johnson
Perhaps the excellence of aphorisms consists not so much in the expression of some rare or abstruse sentiment, as in the comprehension of some obvious and useful truth in a few words. We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because, for a time, they are not remembered; and he may therefore be justly numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on... Samuel Johnson
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying..."
The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. Samuel Johnson

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