Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always cunning

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

So many objections may be made to everything, that nothing can overcome them but the...

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Deviation from nature is deviation from happiness

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Controversies merely speculative are of small importance in themselves, however they may have sometimes heated...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

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,...

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

Friendship is not always the sequel of obligation

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary...

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don't think of retiring from the world, until...

Truth allows no choice

Truth allows no choice

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Were it not for imagination, a man would be as happy in the arms of...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.

There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.