The insolence of wealth will creep out

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Behavior Quotes

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of...

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary...

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary...

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

The true art of memory is the art of attention.

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

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

The accidental prescriptions of authority, when time has procured them veneration, are often confounded with...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

Beauty has often overpowered the resolutions of the firm, and the reasonings of the wise,...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

The pleasure of expecting enjoyment is often greater than that of obtaining it, and the...

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

Knowledge is more than equivalent to force.

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and...

To a poet nothing can be useless

To a poet nothing can be useless

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

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...

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.