Samuel Johnson Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)
Samuel Johnson quotes and sayings page 3 (author). Here's quote # 21 through 30 out of the 125 we have for him.
“The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.”
“Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.”
“Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.”
“What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.”
“Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.”
“A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.”
“Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.”
“Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.”
“You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.”
“Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it.”
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