Quotes from Samuel Johnson
Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.
- Samuel Johnson
Let him who desires to see others happy, make haste to give while his gift can be enjoyed, and remember that every moment of delay takes away something from the value of his benefaction.
- Samuel Johnson
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.
- Samuel Johnson
An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.
- Samuel Johnson
Words become low by the occasions to which they are applied, or the general character of them who use them; and the disgust which they produce arises from the revival of those images with which they are commonly united.
- Samuel Johnson
He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to let no particle of time fall useless to the ground.
- Samuel Johnson
Critics, like the rest of mankind, are very frequently misled by interest
- Samuel Johnson
Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it
- Samuel Johnson
The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.
- Samuel Johnson
Evil is uncertain in the same degree as good, and for the reason that we ought not to hope too securely, we ought not to fear with too much dejection
- Samuel Johnson
That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet interchange of sentiments
- Samuel Johnson
Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
- Samuel Johnson