A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
SAMUEL JOHNSONAll travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
-
-
No man was ever great by imitation.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Truth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues; because, unless a man has that virtue, he has no security for preserving any other.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
There are two types of knowledge. One is knowing a thing. The other is knowing where to find it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSON