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

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

I would rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the...

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little...

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...

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious; and he that becomes suspicious will quickly...

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

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

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most...

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...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for...

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...

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple; take it and...

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.