Author: Samuel Johnson

Quotes

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

- Samuel Johnson

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.

- Samuel Johnson

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.

- Samuel Johnson

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

- Samuel Johnson

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

- Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

- Samuel Johnson

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

- Samuel Johnson

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

- Samuel Johnson

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.

- Samuel Johnson

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