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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
By Samuel Johnson
It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind
By Samuel Johnson
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.
By Samuel Johnson
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
By Samuel Johnson
It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.
By Samuel Johnson
In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence
By Samuel Johnson
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
By Samuel Johnson
In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
By Samuel Johnson
In a man's letters you know, Madam, his soul lies naked, his letters are only the mirror of his breast, whatever passes within him is shown undisguised in its natural process. Nothing is inverted, nothing distorted, you see systems in their elements, you discover actions in their motives.
By Samuel Johnson
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed
By Samuel Johnson
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
By Samuel Johnson
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone.
By Samuel Johnson
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
By Samuel Johnson
I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
By Samuel Johnson
I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government other than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
By Samuel Johnson
I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.
By Samuel Johnson
I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register from time to time the difference between idea and reality. It is by this kind of observation that we grow daily less liable to be disappointed.
By Samuel Johnson
Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
By Samuel Johnson
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
By Samuel Johnson