Quotes By Samuel Johnson

Paradise Lost is a book that, once put down, is very hard to pick up again.

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.

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.

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring.

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

The world is like a grand staircase, some are going up and some are going down.

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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