Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

Topics: Samuel Johnson Quotes

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will...

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Words are but the signs of ideas.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

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...

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

From ignorance our comfort flows, the only wretched are the wise

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

Let me smile with the wise, and feed with the rich.

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

The inevitable consequence of poverty is dependence

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that...

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

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

The future is purchased by the present.

The future is purchased by the present.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

There is scarcely any writer who has not celebrated the happiness of rural privacy, and...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...

The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more...