Quotes by Samuel Johnson

A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

#Genius

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

#Justice, #Wisdom

He is no wise man that will quit a certainty for an uncertainty

#Wisdom

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

#Grief

While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it...

#Grief

Of all the griefs that harass the distressed, sure the most bitter is a scornful...

#Grief

Men hate more steadily than they love; and if I have said something to hurt...

#Hate

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

#Wisdom

Those who have any intention of deviating from the beaten roads of life, and acquiring...

#Fame

Every man wishes to be wise, and they who cannot be wise are almost always...

#Wisdom

Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that...

#Fear

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die

#Health