Samuel Johnson Quotes (10+)

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.

To keep your secret is wisdom, but to expect others to keep it is folly.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.

Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but by perseverance.

Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.

I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.