Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Round numbers are always false.
– Samuel Johnson

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
– 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

This is one of the disadvantages of wine: it makes a man mistake words for thought.
– Samuel Johnson

Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance.
– Samuel Johnson

The true art of memory is the art of attention.
– Samuel Johnson

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

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
– Samuel Johnson

A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.
– Samuel Johnson

Sir, I did not count your glasses of wine, why should you number up my cups of tea?
– Samuel Johnson

Knock the “t” off the “can’t.”
– Samuel Johnson

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
– Samuel Johnson

Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.
– Samuel Johnson

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
– Samuel Johnson

If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
– Samuel Johnson

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.
– Samuel Johnson

The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
– Samuel Johnson

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
– Samuel Johnson

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
– Samuel Johnson

Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
– Samuel Johnson

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
– Samuel Johnson

The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure.
– Samuel Johnson

Getting money is not all a man’s business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
– Samuel Johnson

Grief is a species of idleness.
– Samuel Johnson

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
– Samuel Johnson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
– Samuel Johnson

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
– Samuel Johnson

Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood
– Samuel Johnson

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
– Samuel Johnson

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
– Samuel Johnson