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Samuel Johnson was an English writer, lexicographer, and literary critic, recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the 18th century. His dictionary of the English language became a foundational work in English lexicography. He left a lasting legacy in literature, language, and moral essays. Here are 771 of his quotes:

A gentleman who had been very unhappy in marriage, married immediately after his wife died: Johnson said, it was the triumph of hope over experience. (Samuel Johnson)
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. View quote
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There can be no friendship without confidence, an no confidence without integrity. View quote
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Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. View quote
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything. View quote
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner. View quote
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There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow, but there is something in it so like virtue, that he who is wholly without it cannot be loved. View quote
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Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures. View quote
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To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise. It is voluntarily to throw away one of the greatest comforts of the weary pilgrimage. View quote
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I have, all my life long, been lying till noon yet I tell all young men, and tell them with great sincerity, that nobody who does not rise early will ever do any good. View quote
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Come, let me know what it is that makes a Scotchman happy. (Samuel Johnson)
Was ever poet so trusted before. View quote
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Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison. View quote
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Example is always more efficacious than precept. View quote
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Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult. View quote
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I live in the crowd of jollity, not so much to enjoy company as to shun myself. View quote
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If he really thinks there is no distinction between vice and virtue, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons. View quote
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization. View quote
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In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath. View quote
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Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way. View quote
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A cow is a very good animal in the field but we turn her out of a garden. (Samuel Johnson)
The endearing elegance of female friendship. View quote
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Sir, there is no settling the point of precedency between a louse and a flea. View quote
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book. View quote
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To a poet nothing can be useless. View quote
Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson

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Occupation: English Writer
Born: September 18, 1709
Died: December 13, 1784
Quotes count: 771
Wikipedia: Samuel Johnson

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