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Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it."

Much is due to those who first broke the way to knowledge, and left only to their successors the task of smoothing it.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him."

A translator is to be like his author; it is not his business to excel him.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame"

Time quickly puts an end to artificial and accidental fame



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "He who praises everybody, praises nobody."

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Resentment is a union of sorrow with malignity; a combination of a passion which all endeavor to avoid with a passion which all concur to detest."

Resentment is a union of sorrow with malignity; a combination of a passion which all endeavor to avoid with a passion which all concur to detest.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other."

Friendship, compounded of esteem and love, derives from one its tenderness and its permanence from the other.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek."

A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Admiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened."

Admiration and love are like being intoxicated with champagne; judgment and friendship are like being enlivened.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice."

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives."

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public."

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil."

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding."

Before dinner men meet with great inequality of understanding.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence."

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The great source of pleasure is variety."

The great source of pleasure is variety.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom"

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Where there is no difficulty there is no praise."

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity."

The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly upon unassisted genius and natural sagacity.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty."

An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients."

Modern writers are the moons of literature; they shine with reflected light, with light borrowed from the ancients.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature."

Man's chief merit consists in resisting the impulses of his nature.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees."

Contempt is a kind of gangrene which, if it seizes one part of a character, corrupts all the rest by degrees.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends."

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put on friendship and tenderness towards parents and friends.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated."

The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces."

He that voluntarily continues in ignorance, is guilty of all the crimes which ignorance produces.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth."

I know not any crime so great that a man could contrive to commit as poisoning the sources of eternal truth.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another."

The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence."

The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be rekindled by intervals of absence.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide."

We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased."

Those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves, have always somebody that thinks for them; and the difficulty in writing is to please those from whom others learn to be pleased.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise"

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells."

Cautious age suspects the flattering form, and only credits what experience tells.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It is surely very narrow policy that supposes money to be the chief good."

It is surely very narrow policy that supposes money to be the chief good.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian."

I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him."

You despise a man for avarice; but you do not hate him.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed."

There are in every age new errors to be rectified and new prejudices to be opposed.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see."

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit."

Wit will never make a man rich, but there are places where riches will always make a wit.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Employment and hardships prevent melancholy."

Employment and hardships prevent melancholy.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates."

Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability."

No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Apologies are seldom of any use."

Apologies are seldom of any use.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle."

Perhaps man is the only being that can properly be called idle.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance."

All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel."

Pity is not natural to man. Children always are cruel. Savages are always cruel.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He spends his time in outrage and acknowledgment, injury and reparation."

The round of a passionate man's life is in contracting debts in his passion, which his virtue obliges him to pay. He spends his time in outrage and acknowledgment, injury and reparation.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation."

The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or anticipation.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful."

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A vow is a snare for sin"

A vow is a snare for sin