Quotes
Quotes - Johnson
When desperate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly.
A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the same atmosphere with it.
For I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
For a man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Without economy none can be rich, and with it few will be poor.
Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
I wish there were some cure, like the lover's leap, for all heads of which some single idea has obtained an unreasonable and irregular possession.
As any action or posture long continued will distort and disfigure the limbs; so the mind likewise is crippled and contracted by perpetual application to the same set of ideas.
Fanatical religion driven to a certain point is almost as bad as none at all, but not quite.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity.
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God.
Let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by the multitude of our assailants.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair. -Samuel Johnson.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone; one should keep his friendships in constant repair.
Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man.
The man who works for the gold in the job rather than for the money in the pay envelope, is the fellow who gets on.
Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom.
Give people enough guidance to make the decisions you want them to make. Don't tell them what to do, but encourage them to do what is best.
