Samuel Johnson Quotes, Thoughts and images

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.

Prejudice, not being founded on reason, cannot be removed by argument.

Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

The future is purchased by the present.

When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of a return to kindness or decency.

Knock the 't' off the 'can't.'

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Each person's work is always a portrait of himself.

Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.

A horse that can count to ten is remarkable, not a remarkable mathematician.

The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Our aspirations are our possibilities.

None but a fool worries about things he cannot influence.

From thee, great God, we spring, to thee, we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defence.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - it only hastens fools to rush in where angels fear to tread.

Truth allows no choice.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself

I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.

It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.