Author: Samuel Johnson

Quotes

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

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

- Samuel Johnson

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.

- Samuel Johnson

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.

- Samuel Johnson

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

- Samuel Johnson

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

- Samuel Johnson

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.

- Samuel Johnson

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

- Samuel Johnson

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

My dear friend, clear your mind of cant.

- Samuel Johnson

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