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Samuel Johnson Quotes: "He said that few people had intellectual resources sufficient to forgo the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the interval between dinner and supper."

He said that few people had intellectual resources sufficient to forgo the pleasures of wine. They could not otherwise contrive how to fill the interval between dinner and supper.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow."

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still"

If one was to think constantly of death, the business of life would stand still



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved."

There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good."

Sir, I do not call a gamester a dishonest man; but I call him an unsociable man, an unprofitable man. Gaming is a mode of transferring property without producing any intermediate good.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy."

As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises."

His scorn of the great is repeated too often to be real; no man thinks much of that which he despises.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is less curable, seventy-five."

My diseases are an asthma and a dropsy and, what is less curable, seventy-five.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat."

Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children."

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained"

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on which it is long detained



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze."

Sir, he throws away his money without thought and without merit. I do not call a tree generous that sheds its fruit at every breeze.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength."

To excite opposition and inflame malevolence is the unhappy privilege of courage made arrogant by consciousness of strength.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections."

Network. Anything reticulated or decussated at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor."

Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.



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: "Where there is no difficulty there is no praise."

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Women can spin very well; but they cannot make a good book of cookery."

Women can spin very well; but they cannot make a good book of cookery.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages."

Among the calamities of war may be numbered the diminution of the love of truth, by the falsehoods which interest dictates, and credulity encourages.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive."

This merriment of parsons is mighty offensive.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate."

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate.



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: "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: "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: "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: "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: "The great source of pleasure is variety."

The great source of pleasure is variety.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy!"

Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotch man happy!



Samuel Johnson Quotes: ""Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour."

"Uisce Beatha" is a compounded distilled spirit being drawn on aromatics, and the Irish sort is particularly distinguished for its pleasant and mild flavour.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed."

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little."

I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Words are but the signs of ideas."

Words are but the signs of ideas.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "What is easy is seldom excellent."

What is easy is seldom excellent.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears."

The disturbers of our happiness, in this world, are our desires, our griefs, and our fears.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed."

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician."

A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy."

The wise man applauds he who he thinks most virtuous; the rest of the world applauds the wealthy.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy."

To hear complaints is wearisome alike to the wretched and the happy.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country."

What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own country.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?"

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "We are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction."

We are more pained by ignorance than delighted by instruction.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "I have always said the first Whig was the Devil."

I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "To a poet nothing can be useless."

To a poet nothing can be useless.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Love is only one of many passions."

Love is only one of many passions.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience."

He that accepts protection, stipulates obedience.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence."

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow."

It is observed of gold, by an old epigrammatist, that to have it is to be in fear, and to want it is to be in sorrow.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Indolence is the devil's cushion."

Indolence is the devil's cushion.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity."

A generous and elevated mind is distinguished by nothing more certainly than an eminent degree of curiosity.