Samuel Johnson Quotes

Samuel Johnson Quotes.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one’s self.
Samuel Johnson
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
Samuel Johnson
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
Samuel Johnson
So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the necessity of doing something.
Samuel Johnson
A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
Samuel Johnson
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Samuel Johnson
I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do no

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
Samuel Johnson
The happiest part of a man’s life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
Samuel Johnson
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
Samuel Johnson
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Samuel Johnson
Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
Samuel Johnson
The first step to greatness is to be honest.
Samuel Johnson
The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly se

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.
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