The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhen there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
More Samuel Johnson Quotes
-
-
A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
All 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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
The future is purchased by the present.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it…. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
SAMUEL JOHNSON -
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
SAMUEL JOHNSON