Quotes by Samuel Johnson with reason

Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

English writer

Lived from: 1709 - 1784

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 18 september 1709 Died: 13 december 1784

  • The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.
  • A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
  • Every other enjoyment malice may destroy; every other panegyric envy may withhold; but no human power can deprive the boaster of his own encomiums.
  • Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
  • Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all.
  • Cruel with guilt, and daring with despair, the midnight murderer bursts the faithless bar; invades the sacred hour of silent rest and leaves, unseen, a dagger in your breast.
  • His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.
  • Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
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  • Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument.
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  • Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize
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  • It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination.
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  • Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled.
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  • That which is to be loved long must be loved with reason rather than with passion.
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  • The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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  • The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected, and if those are not sufficient to sink them into infamy, an additional weight of calumny will be super added.
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  • There is nothing so much seduces reason from vigilance as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman in marriage.
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  • There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman.
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What are the most famous quotes from Samuel Johnson?

The two most famous quotes from Samuel Johnson are:

  • "Prejudice not being funded on reason cannot be removed by argument."
  • "Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil; but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannize"

When did Samuel Johnson live?

Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in the year 1784.