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Samuel Johnson Quotes

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength Picture Quote #1

The whole world is put in motion by the wish for riches and the dread of poverty Picture Quote #1

Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears Picture Quote #1

Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other Picture Quote #1

It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery Picture Quote #1

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves Picture Quote #1

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We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our endeavors are exerted in consequence of our duty Picture Quote #1

To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty, has been always a delicious employment of the poets Picture Quote #1

We have now learned that rashness and imprudence will not be deterred from taking credit; let us try whether fraud and avarice may be more easily restrained from giving it Picture Quote #1

Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly Picture Quote #1

The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside Picture Quote #1

Let us be quick to repent of injuries while repentance may not be a barren anguish Picture Quote #1

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I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence Picture Quote #1

He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason Picture Quote #1

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained Picture Quote #1

The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights Picture Quote #1

I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women Picture Quote #1

A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose Picture Quote #1

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Hope is an amusement rather than a good, and adapted to none but very tranquil minds Picture Quote #1

Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend Picture Quote #1

It is a maxim that no man was ever enslaved by influence while he was fit to be free Picture Quote #1

By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance Picture Quote #1

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation Picture Quote #1

The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place Picture Quote #1

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I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it Picture Quote #1

We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure Picture Quote #1

Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society Picture Quote #1

Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it Picture Quote #1

The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication, as the first actions of a new monarch agitate nations with hope and fear Picture Quote #1

The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of honest ambition, by raising an opinion that honour may be gained without the toil of merit Picture Quote #1

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To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength (Samuel Johnson Quotes) The whole world is put in motion by the wish for riches and the dread of poverty (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Tears are often to be found where there is little sorrow, and the deepest sorrow without any tears (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Combinations of wickedness would overwhelm the world, by the advantage which licentious principles afford, did not those who have long practised perfidy grow faithless to each other (Samuel Johnson Quotes) It is scarcely credible to what degree discernment may be dazzled by the mist of pride, and wisdom infatuated by the intoxication of flattery (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves (Samuel Johnson Quotes) We all live in the hope of pleasing somebody; and the pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest, and always will be greatest, when our endeavors are exerted in consequence of our duty (Samuel Johnson Quotes) To tell of disappointment and misery, to thicken the darkness of futurity, and perplex the labyrinth of uncertainty, has been always a delicious employment of the poets (Samuel Johnson Quotes) We have now learned that rashness and imprudence will not be deterred from taking credit; let us try whether fraud and avarice may be more easily restrained from giving it (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly (Samuel Johnson Quotes) The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Let us be quick to repent of injuries while repentance may not be a barren anguish (Samuel Johnson Quotes) I am very fond of the company of ladies. I like their beauty, I like their delicacy, I like their vivacity, and I like their silence (Samuel Johnson Quotes) He who would govern his actions by the laws of virtue must regulate his thoughts by those of reason (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained (Samuel Johnson Quotes) The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights (Samuel Johnson Quotes) I doubt if there ever was a man who was not gratified by being told that he was liked by the women (Samuel Johnson Quotes) A country is in a bad state, which is governed only by laws; because a thousand things occur for which laws cannot provide, and where authority ought to interpose (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Hope is an amusement rather than a good, and adapted to none but very tranquil minds (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Nothing has tended more to retard the advancement of science than the disposition in vulgar minds to vilify what they cannot comprehend (Samuel Johnson Quotes) It is a maxim that no man was ever enslaved by influence while he was fit to be free (Samuel Johnson Quotes) By those who look close to the ground dirt will be seen. I hope I see things from a greater distance (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation (Samuel Johnson Quotes) The general remedy of those who are uneasy without knowing the cause is change of place (Samuel Johnson Quotes) I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over a ditch and tumbling into it (Samuel Johnson Quotes) We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Whoever commits a fraud is guilty not only of the particular injury to him who he deceives, but of the diminution of that confidence which constitutes not only the ease but the existence of society (Samuel Johnson Quotes) Resentment gratifies him who intended an injury, and pains him unjustly who did not intend it (Samuel Johnson Quotes) The appearance and retirement of actors are the great events of the theatrical world; and their first performances fill the pit with conjecture and prognostication, as the first actions of a new monarch agitate nations with hope and fear (Samuel Johnson Quotes) The mischief of flattery is, not that it persuades any man that he is what he is not, but that it suppresses the influence of honest ambition, by raising an opinion that honour may be gained without the toil of merit (Samuel Johnson Quotes)

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