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Samuel Johnson Quotes: "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 Quotes: "Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome."

Nothing at all will be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Moderation is commonly firm and firmness is commonly successful."

Moderation is commonly firm and firmness is commonly successful.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult."

Abstinence is as easy for me as temperance would be difficult.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "One of the disadvantages of wine is that is makes a man mistake words for thoughts."

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



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."

For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly but then less is learned there so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other."

There is less flogging in our great schools than formerly but then less is learned there so that what the boys get at one end they lose at the other.




Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves."

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves but they cannot bear levelling up to themselves.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Example is more efficacious than precept."

Example is more efficacious than precept.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "He that has much to do will do something wrong."

He that has much to do will do something wrong.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "O how vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do."

O how vain and vile a passion is this fear! What base uncomely things it makes men do.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A fishing-rod was a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other."

A fishing-rod was a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at 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: "The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us."

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Life is a progress from want to want not from enjoyment to enjoyment."

Life is a progress from want to want not from enjoyment to enjoyment.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use."

Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost."

An old friend never can be found and nature has provided that he cannot easily be lost.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A man Sir should keep his friendship in constant repair."

A man Sir should keep his friendship in constant repair.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love like being enlivened with champagne."

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef love like being enlivened with champagne.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It is foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity of a wife."

It is foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend as upon the chastity of a wife.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "No man is much pleased with a companion who does not increase in some respect his fondness of himself."

No man is much pleased with a companion who does not increase in some respect his fondness of himself.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone."

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life he will soon find himself left alone.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other."

Friendship is seldom lasting but between equals or where the superiority on one side is reduced by some equivalent advantage on the other.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Friendship is a union of spirits a marriage of hearts and the bond there of virtue."

Friendship is a union of spirits a marriage of hearts and the bond there of virtue.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Men only become friends by community of pleasures."

Men only become friends by community of pleasures.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef."

The feeling of friendship is like that of being comfortably filled with roast beef.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied."

Friendship peculiar boon of Heaven The noble mind's delight and pride To men and angels only given To all the lower world denied.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction."

The true genius is a mind of large general powers accidentally determined to some particular direction.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "I have found men more kind than I expected and less just."

I have found men more kind than I expected and less just.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?"

Is not a patron one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "No man ever yet became great by imitation."

No man ever yet became great by imitation.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken."

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It is by studying little things that we attain the great knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible."

It is by studying little things that we attain the great knowledge of having as little misery and as much happiness as possible.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "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 Quotes: "I like a good hater."

I like a good hater.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not."

Kindness is in our power even when fondness is not.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "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.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "In all pleasure hope is a considerable part."

In all pleasure hope is a considerable part.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "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.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble."

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A fly Sir may sting a stately horse and make him wince but one is but an insect and the other a horse still."

A fly Sir may sting a stately horse and make him wince but one is but an insect and the other a horse still.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Knowledge is of two kinds we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it."

Knowledge is of two kinds we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge."

A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength."

Man is not weak - knowledge is more than equivalent to force. The master of mechanics laughs at strength.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it."

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find information upon it.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "It is the just doom of laziness and a gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquillity."

It is the just doom of laziness and a gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquillity.



Samuel Johnson Quotes: "I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth."

I deny the lawfulness of telling a lie to a sick man for fear of alarming him you have no business with consequences you are to tell the truth.



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

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