Author: William Samuel Johnson

Quotes

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.

- William Samuel Johnson

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.

- William Samuel Johnson

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

Whatever enlarges hope will also exalt courage.

- William Samuel Johnson

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without this comfort, be insupportable.

- William Samuel Johnson

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

- William Samuel Johnson

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness, which this world affords.

- William Samuel Johnson

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