The natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Work Quotes

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

He that reads and grows no wiser seldom suspects his own deficiency, but complains of...

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...

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 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...

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

At seventy-seven it is time to be in earnest.

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual...

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

In traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.

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.

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently...

Round numbers are always false

Round numbers are always false

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Knowledge always desires increase; it is like fire, which must first be kindled by some...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

Language is the dress of thought; and as the noblest mien or most graceful action...

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in...

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Justice is indispensably and universally necessary, and what is necessary must always be limited, uniform,...

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Power is not sufficient evidence of truth

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the...

Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the...