I inherited a vile melancholy from my father, which has made me mad all my life, at least not sober. Samuel Johnson More Quotes by Samuel Johnson More Quotes From Samuel Johnson Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring: no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile. Samuel Johnson autumnflowerspring The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. Samuel Johnson knowingwisdomknowledge A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it. Samuel Johnson readingwritingbook The Church does not superstitiously observe days, merely as days, but as memorials of important facts. Christmas might be kept as well upon one day of the year as another; but there should be a stated day for commemorating the birth of our Saviour, because there is danger that what may be done on any day, will be neglected. Samuel Johnson memorialchristmasyears As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson good-manhappinessmen Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed. Samuel Johnson happinessinspirationalknowledge You can never be wise unless you love reading. Samuel Johnson being-wisereadingwise No one is much pleased with a companion who does not increase, in some respect, their fondness for themselves. Samuel Johnson increaserespectdoe I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little. Samuel Johnson donelittlesmen People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. Samuel Johnson businesspeopleneeds Cucumber should be well sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out. Samuel Johnson cucumbersvinegarfood Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else. Samuel Johnson healingweight-lossfood The love of life is necessary to the vigorous prosecution of any undertaking Samuel Johnson enthusiasmlovelife The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends. Samuel Johnson good-lifefatherthinking It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. Samuel Johnson memorialmenlife No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability. Samuel Johnson emotionalpoliticalmen Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience; you will find it a calamity. Samuel Johnson calamitydebtadvice The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public. Samuel Johnson actingwisdomlaw The true art of memory is the art of attention. Samuel Johnson attentionmemoriesart He that would be superior to external influences must first become superior to his own passions. Samuel Johnson passionwisdomcourage
