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Samuel Johnson
363 quotes
“Sir, a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to find it done at all.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Johnson had said that he could repeat a complete chapter of "The Natural History of Iceland," from the Danish of Horrebow, the whole of which was exactly (Ch. lxxii. _Concerning snakes_) thus: "There are no snakes to be met with throughout the whole island.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Of Dr. Goldsmith he said, "No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“My friend was of opinion that when a man of rank appeared in that character [as an author], he deserved to have his merits handsomely allowed.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“I have found you an argument; I am not obliged to find you an understanding.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“If the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, 'T is a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“This world, where much is to be done and little to be known.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Towering in the confidence of twenty-one.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) said by 1784 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source