A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favor cannot satisfy him

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Wisdom Quotes

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

If you would shut up any man with any woman, so as to make them...

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

Actions are visible, though motives are secret.

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

You find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir,...

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

Most vices may be committed very genteelly: a man may debauch his friend's wife genteelly:...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in...

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

Where there is no difficulty there is no praise

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public;...

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from...

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

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...

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

A man will turn over half a library to make one book

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

Accustom your children constantly to this; if a thing happened at one window and they,...

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

All credibility, all good conscience, all evidence of truth come only from the senses.

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.

A lie has speed, but truth has endurance.