Quotes by Samuel Johnson

That man (Lord Lyttelton) sat down to write a book, to tell the world what...

#Books

Self-confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

#Confidence

Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom

#Confidence, #Self-esteem

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

#Confidence, #Discontent

When I was as you are now, towering in the confidence of 21, little did...

#Confidence

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

#Ignorance

Ignorance, when it is voluntary, is criminal; and he may be properly charged with evil...

#Ignorance

A coxcomb is ugly all over with the effectation of a fine gentleman.

#Ignorance, #Pride, #Stupidity

Nature is a hanging judge

#Judgement

Scarcely any degree of judgment is sufficient to restrain the imagination from magnifying that on...

#Judgement

There is nothing more fatal to a man whose business is to think than to...

#Art, #Business

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

#Living