He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents...

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

Beauty lies in the hands of the beerholder

A jest breaks no bones

A jest breaks no bones

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...

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

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

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition.

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Wise married women don't trouble themselves about infidelity in their husbands

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

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...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavours to appropriate the esteem or...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not...

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...

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered, but a general effect...

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel.

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

[America is] a rebellious nation. Our whole history is treason; our blood was attained before...

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at...

The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at...