He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Where there is no hope there can be no endeavor

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

Dictionaries are like watches, the worst is better than none and the best cannot be...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

How can children credit the assertions of parents, which their own eyes show them to...

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

Reason and truth will prevail at last

Reason and truth will prevail at last

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

Questioning is not the mode of conversation among gentlemen

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

Love is only one of many passions.

Love is only one of many passions.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he...

Marriage, Sir, is much more necessary to a man than to a woman; for he...

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

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...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

When I came back to Dublin I was court marshaled in my absence and sentenced...

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.

The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.