Quotes by Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English writer

Lived from: 1709 - 1784

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 18 september 1709 Died: 13 december 1784

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  • He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind, who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind.
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  • He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.''
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  • He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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  • He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.
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  • He that never thinks can never be wise.
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  • He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.
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  • He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor.
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  • He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
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  • He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions.
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  • He was dull in a new way, and that made many think him great.
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  • He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.
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  • He who has provoked the shaft of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
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  • He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.
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  • He who praises everybody, praises nobody.
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  • He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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  • His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.
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  • Hope is necessary in every condition.
    The Rambler (1750–1752) 67
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  • Hunger is never delicate; they who are seldom gorged to the full with praise may be safely fed with gross compliments, for the appetite must be satisfied before it is disgusted.
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  • I am a great friend to public amusements, for they keep the people from vice.
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  • I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
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