Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONPatriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIt is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
SAMUEL JOHNSONMoney 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 JOHNSONIt matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.
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 JOHNSONBachelors have consciences, married men have wives.
SAMUEL JOHNSONSlander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIf your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
SAMUEL JOHNSONNo 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 JOHNSONWhat we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
SAMUEL JOHNSONFraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONIgnorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil who refused to learn how he might prevent it.
SAMUEL JOHNSONA man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThe true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSONThere must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
SAMUEL JOHNSON