English writer, poet, playwright, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, editor, and lexicographer.
Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not. – Samuel Johnson
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. – Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last. – Samuel Johnson
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful. – 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
Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own – Samuel Johnson
You are much surer that you are doing good when you pay money to those who work, as the recompense of their labor, than when you give money merely in charity. – Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) British author.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. – Samuel Johnson
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. – Samuel Johnson
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. – Samuel Johnson
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning. – Samuel Johnson
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. – 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
He who waits to do a great deal of good at once, will never do anything. – Samuel Johnson
Politeness is fictitious benevolence. – Samuel Johnson
An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere. – Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect. – Samuel Johnson
The vicious count their years; virtuous, their acts. – Samuel Johnson
Large offers and sturdy rejections are among the most common topics of falsehood. – Samuel Johnson
The true effect of genuine politeness seems to be rather ease than pleasure. – Samuel Johnson
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