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Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson quotes

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

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It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of..."
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen."
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people..."
A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice. Samuel Johnson
People have now a-days, (said he,) got a strange opinion that every thing should be taught by lectures. Now, I cannot see that lectures can do so much good as reading the books from which the lectures are taken. I know nothing that can be best taught by lectures, except where experiments are to be shewn. You may teach chymistry by lectures.—You might teach making of shoes by lectures! Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "My dear friend, clear your mind of can't."
My dear friend, clear your mind of can't. 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
Samuel Johnson quote: "Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich."
Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich. 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
The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape. Samuel Johnson
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see. Samuel Johnson
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Nature has given women so much power that the law has very..."
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. Samuel Johnson
Be not too hasty," said Imlac, "to trust or to admire the teachers of morality: they discourse like angels, but they live like men. Samuel Johnson
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. Samuel Johnson

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