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Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson quotes about kindness

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

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Samuel Johnson quote: "Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate..."
Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life. Samuel Johnson
Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own great merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation. Samuel Johnson
Parts are not to be examined till the whole has been surveyed; there is a kind of intellectual remoteness necessary for the comprehension of any great work in its full design and its true proportions; a close approach shews the smaller niceties, but the beauty of the whole is discerned no longer. Samuel Johnson
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. When we enquire into any subject, the first thing we have to do is to know what books have treated of it. This leads us to look at catalogues, and at the backs of books in libraries. Samuel Johnson
our triumphant age of plenty is riddled with darker feelings of doubt, cynicism, distrust, boredom and a strange kind of emptiness Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not."
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we..."
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information on it. Samuel Johnson

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