Quotes
Quotes - Johnson
Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest; Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart.
Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. [Fr., La moquerie est souvent une indigence d'esprit.]
Black life is ambiguous, and a kaleidoscope of meanings, rich, multi-sided . . . we have frozen our vision in figures that caricature, at best the complexity of our lives and leave the real artistic chore of interpretation unfinished.
A President's hardest task is not to do what is right, but to know what is right.
The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.
Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.
The joy of life is variety; the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence.
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life.
I am grieved that it should be said he is my brother, and take these courses. Well, as he brews, so shall he drink, for George again. Yet he shall hear on't, and tightly, too, an' I live, i'faith. - Every Man In His Humor.
The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
London! the needy villain's general home, The common sewer of Paris and of Rome! With eager thirst, by folly or by fate, Sucks in the dregs of each corrupted state.
Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved. -Barbara Johnson.
Round numbers are always false.
A man would rather have a hundred lies told of him than one truth which he does not wish should be known.
I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her own way. And second, let her have it.
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
There is nothing that exasperates people more than a display of superior ability or brilliance in conversation. They seem pleased at the time, but their envy makes them curse the conversationalist in their heart.
Get together a hundred or two men, however sensible they may be, and you are very likely to have a mob.
There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.
