Presumption will be easily corrected; but timidity is a disease of the mind more obstinate and fatal. Samuel Johnson More Quotes by Samuel Johnson More Quotes From Samuel Johnson Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage. Samuel Johnson hopecourage Slavery is now nowhere more patiently endured, than in countries once inhabited by the zealots of liberty. Samuel Johnson slaverylibertycountry To be free it is not enough to beat the system, one must beat the system every day Samuel Johnson beatsenough It is better to live rich than to die rich. Samuel Johnson richeswisdomretirement The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears. Samuel Johnson griefhappinesslife When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor. Samuel Johnson no-hopeendeavorhope Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion. Samuel Johnson inspiringinspirationallife Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. Samuel Johnson marriagewifemen 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 favouritebeliefscience A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit. Samuel Johnson politicalwritingmen The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another. Samuel Johnson ireland-and-the-irishinspirationalpeople One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts. Samuel Johnson drinkingmistakefood A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk. Samuel Johnson drunkmenart The common people do not accurately adapt their thoughts to objects; nor, secondly, do they accurately adapt their words to their thoughts; they do not mean to lie; but, taking no pains to be exact, they give you very false accounts. A great part of their language is proverbial; if anything rocks at all, they say it rocks like a cradle; and in this way they go on. Samuel Johnson painmeanlying What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. Samuel Johnson writinginspirationalbook There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed. Samuel Johnson prejudiceerrorsage A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed. Samuel Johnson pridemaypast The chief art of learning, as Locke has observed, is to attempt but little at a time. The widest excursions of the mind are made by short flights frequently repeated; the most lofty fabrics of science are formed by the continued accumulation of single propositions. Samuel Johnson learningscienceart A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. Samuel Johnson wifefoodmen No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. Samuel Johnson flowerspringappreciation
