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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: "All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent..."
All severity that does not tend to increase good, or prevent evil, is idle. Samuel Johnson
Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily attainable, more people would be content to be ignorant than would take even a little trouble to acquire it. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Hell is paved with good intentions."
Hell is paved with good intentions. 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: "All censure of a man’s self is oblique praise. It is in order..."
All censure of a man’s self is oblique praise. It is in order to show how much he can spare. 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
The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting to myrtles and to roses; filling the eye with awful pomp, and gratifying the mind with endless diversity. Samuel Johnson
Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and..."
You teach your daughters the diameters of the planets and wonder when you are done that they do not delight in your company. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable."
Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees,..."
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do..."
What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence. Samuel Johnson
He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of hard words and obscure sentences, and asks why books are written which cannot be understood. Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye."
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye. Samuel Johnson

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