If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Vice Quotes, Virtue Quotes

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.

What ills from beauty spring

What ills from beauty spring

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not...

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not...

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

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

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

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

The longer we live the more we think and the higher the value we put...

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...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

It is not from reason and prudence that people marry, but from inclination

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:...

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...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying...

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...