You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
SAMUEL JOHNSONYou hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not – silence is the sharper sword.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONBachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTruth allows no choice.
SAMUEL JOHNSONTo preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
SAMUEL JOHNSONHe who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMy dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
SAMUEL JOHNSONDeviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
SAMUEL JOHNSONLiberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPower is not sufficient evidence of truth.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMen who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery is always at hand to pour in her opiates, to quiet conviction and obtund remorse.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSON