84 quotes by Samuel Johnson

“Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.” — Samuel Johnson

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“I have always considered it as treason against the great republic of human nature, to make any man's virtues the means of deceiving him.” — Samuel Johnson

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“No man was ever great by imitation.” — Samuel Johnson

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“Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.” — Samuel Johnson

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“To keep your secret is wisdom but to expect others to keep it is folly.” — Samuel Johnson

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“In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.” — Samuel Johnson

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“Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.” — Samuel Johnson

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“We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself.” — Samuel Johnson

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“N'embrasse pas les morts car ils étouffent les vivants.” — Samuel Johnson

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