It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong...

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.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth.

Money confounds subordination.

Money confounds subordination.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community,...

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

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

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

He that is pushing his predecessors into the gulf of obscurity, cannot but sometimes suspect,...

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

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

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

The people is a very heterogeneous and confused mass of the wealthy and the poor,...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

It is better a man should be abused than forgotten.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

To love one that is great, is almost to be great one's self.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know...

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...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...

To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man...