|
|
|
|
| |
| QUOTE COLLECTIONS OF Samuel Johnson |
|
|
|
|
|
Quotes By author - Starting with S - Samuel Johnson
|
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Subject:
Character
Judgment
|
It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.
Subject:
Life
Death
Source: Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson (1791)
|
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
Subject:
Wisdom
Knowledge
Honesty
|
Patriotism having become one of our topics, Johnson suddenly uttered, in a strong determined tone, an apophthegm, at which many will start: 'Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.' But let it be considered that he did not mean a real and generous love of our country, but that pretended patriotism which so many, in all ages and countries, have made a cloak of self- interest.
Subject:
Patriotism
Arrogance
|
|
|
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone.
Subject:
Friendship
Life
|
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
Subject:
Wisdom
Deception
|
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
Subject:
Effort
Writing
|
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life away in fruitless efforts.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes
|
Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.
Subject:
Silence
Source:
|
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
Subject:
Wisdom
Truth
|
Quotations 1 to
10 of 255
Results Page:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
>>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
