He that applauds him who does not deserve praise, is endeavoring to deceive the public; he that hisses in malice or sport, is an oppressor and a robber

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Praise Quotes

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

You can't be in politics unless you can walk in a room and know in...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

There are few minds to which tyranny is not delightful

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

A man's greatest glory doesn't consist in never falling, but in rising every time he...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

Moral sentences appear ostentatious and tumid, when they have no greater occasions than the journey...

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in...

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

I respect Millar: he has raised the price of literature

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes...

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying...

Difficulty need not foreshadow despair or defeat. Rather achievement can be all the more satisfying...

Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative...

Racial injustice, war, urban blight, and environmental rape have a common denominator in our exploitative...

In the dark all men were the same color. In the dark our fellow man...

In the dark all men were the same color. In the dark our fellow man...