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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

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

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

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives.

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

We owe to memory not only the increase of our knowledge, and our progress in...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so...

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness and captivity would, without...

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

Reason and truth will prevail at last

Reason and truth will prevail at last

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

People often resist change for reasons that make good sense to them, even if those...

He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool;...

He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool;...

Beware: some liers tell the truth

Beware: some liers tell the truth