Quotes by Samuel Johnson

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.

#Glory

Golf: A game in which you claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings...

#Golf

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

#Gratitude

The knowledge that something remains yet unenjoyed impairs our enjoyment of the good before us.

#Gratitude

Avarice is always poor

#Greed

The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong...

#Habit

The habit of looking on the bright side of every event is worth more than...

#Habit

Inconsistencies cannot both be right; but, imputed to man, they may both be true

#Inconsistency

An injustice anywhere is an injustice everywhere.

#Injustice

A jest breaks no bones

#Jest

Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment

#Joy

Mankind have a great aversion to intellectual labor; but even supposing knowledge to be easily...

#Ignorance, #Knowledge, #Labor